Know Yourself

If you work through this book I can guarantee that by the end of it two things will have happened - you will be in a much better position to plan and execute your future career and you will feel a lot better than you do now This user-friendly guide will help health professionals take control of their careers. By involving the reader in a personal journey of positive reflection the book focuses on abilities enjoyment and personal satisfaction in the workplace then based on this new-found knowledge offers advice on practical ways forward. Know Yourself is unique in using two types of therapeutic approaches to self-development; understanding the relationship between job satisfaction and personality type based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and understanding how both external indicators and internal thought patterns contribute to career problems using the principles of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). Every healthcare professional who may be dissatisfied with some aspects of their work or work/life balance and will find this book inspirational and potentially life changing. It will also be of use to career advisors and counsellors.

Anita Houghton

Part One: Getting started 1. Introduction 2. Setting the scene 3. Getting into the right state of mind Part Two: The groundwork 4. Why do we work? Money 5. Why else do we work? Meaning 6. What sort of person are you? 7. What's important to you in life? 8. What's important about you? 9. What are your assets? 10. What lies between you and your ideal career? Part Three: Let's get practical 11. Making sense of it all 12. Getting motivated 13. The three essential ingredients of career exploration 14. Action! 15. The top ten tips for a happy and successful career