THE PATHFINDER --- HOW TO CHOOSE OR CHANGE YOUR CAREER FOR A LIFETIME OF SATISFACTION AND SUCCESS by Nicholas Lore. A Fireside Book/Simon & Schuster, 1998
SPLENDID QUOTES:

      "Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it.
      Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it!"       by Goethe (on tribute page)

      "You do not belong to you. You belong to the universe.
      The significance of you will remain forever obscure to you. But you may assume you are fulfilling your significance if you apply yourself to converting all your experience to the highest advantage of others!"       by Buckminster Fuller (p278)

      "When you quit thinking primarily about yourself and your own self-preservation, you undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness! by Joseph Campbell (p281)

      "You must be the change you wish to see in the world!" by Gandhi (p282)

PART 1 --- LIVING A LIFE YOU LOVE

    1) This can be your guide (p3-6)

    2) You are what you do (p7-21)

    3) How to decide (p22-44)

    4) Being coachable (45-47)

    5) Right livelihood (p48-53)

    6) Diving into the mist (p54-61)

    7) Your primary lists (p62-64)

    8) Commitments and requirements (p65-74)

    9) Questions (p75-91)

    10)The bottom line --- research (p92-100)

PART 2 --- HOW TO GET THERE FROM HERE

    12) Why you don't get what you want (p115-128)

    13) The power of commitment (p129-139)

    14) Making decisions --- a short course (p140-156)

    15) Why you do what you do (p157-162) 16) Goals and projects (p163-189)

    17) Seven keys --- At the heart of any process you can discover basic principles that are the foundation of that process!

    The following SEVEN KEYS unlock the door to transforming your ability to generate a new future that goes far beyond what has been previously possible.

    To begin to practice them, begin to practice them! You must just jump in and begin: (p190-196)

      [1] Create your future from the present, not the past! (p190-191)

      [2] Throw away your assumptions! (p191)

      [3] Embrace "not knowing." (p191-192)

      [4] Since you may never discover the truth, invent it! (p192-194)

      [5] Get to know the realm of possibility --- Possibility is the great motivator! (p194)

        Ask not "What are my options?" but "What is possible?" (p194)

      [6] Learn to separate "Yeahbuts" from original thoughts (p195)

      [7] Dance on the edge of the sword (p195-196)

      You need to master two compoletely different realms in order to live fully. On the one hand, you must learn to live in the realm of possibility and invention, or your life will be nothing more than a clockworks of gears turning predictably and automatically. Dancing on the edge of the sword is the art of living in both the realm of possibility and invention as well as the realm of the physical universe, perfectly balanced between them! (p196)

    18) Living in the present (p197-199)

PART 3 --- DESIGNING YOUR FUTURE CAREER (p201-372)

    19) At this point in time (p203-204)

    20) Temperament, personality, and passions (p205-237)

    21) Natural talents (p238-259)

    22) Meaning, mission, purpose (p260-289)

      [1] Meaningful work (p261-262)

      [2] The game of life (p262-264)

      [3] Dark games (p264-266)

      [4] Games people usually play (p264-266)

      [5] Games of contribution (p266-267)

      INQUIRY 20 = WHAT AM I PLAYING FOR? (p267-269)

      INQUIRY 21 = WHAT GAME WILL I PLAY? (p271-272)

      INQUIRY 22 = WHAT DOES "DOING MEANINGFUL WORK" MEAN TO YOU? (p272-276)

      [6] On a mission (p276)

      INQUIRY 23 = A MISSION IN LIFE (p277-278)

      [7] Purpose (p278-283)

      [8] The benefits of living from a purpose (p283-287)

      [9] The downside (p287)

      INQUIRY 24 = CHOOSE A PURPOSE, THEN GO LIVE IT! (p288-289)

    23) Values and rewards (p290-300)

    24) Eight great careers (p301-305)

    25) 50,000-mile checkup (p304-305)

    26) They pay you to perform specific functions (p306-316)

    27) Human ecology --- workplace environments (p317-321)

    28) Making the final choice (p322-323)

    29) Mastering personal marketing (p324-346)

    30) How to write an exceptional resume (p347-372)

GETTING IN TOUCH (p373-374)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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