Book Review of The Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success

Book Review of “The Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success” by Nicholas Lore

This book is for one’s personal exploration of career development.

Summary – The chapters of the book include:

Section 1: Living a Life You Love

1. This Can Be Your Guide
2. You Are What You Do
3. How To Decide
4. Use the Pathfinder As Your Guide

Section 2: How To Get From Here To There (The Library)

5. Why You Don’t Get What You Want
6. The Power of Commitment
7. Make Decisions – A Short Course
8. Goals and Projects
9. Questions
10. When You Get Stuck
11. The Bottom Line – Research
12. Right Livelihood
13. Seven Keys
14. The Rockport Career Design Method

Section 3: Design Your Career

Part 1: Who Am I?  Personality, Talents, Roles, Functions

15. Temperament and Personality
16. Your Core Personality
17. Natural Talents
18. Natural Roles
19. The Games of Life
20. They Pay You To Perform Specific Job Functions

Part 2: Why Work?  Meaning, Purpose, Goals, Rewards

21. Passions, Meaning, Mission, Purpose
22. Values and Rewards

Part 3: Work Where?  Workplace Environment

23. Workplace Environment

Part 4: Putting It All Together

24. Which Careers Fit Best?
25. Final Research and Make the Choice
26. What If Nothing Fits or I Can’t Decide?

Section 4: Marketing and Job Search

27. Personal Marketing Principles
28. The Job Search
29. Rockport Type and Talent Indicator

The Good: A great tool for exploring considerations and developing your focus.

The Bad: Most useful to individuals and coaches will want to extrapolate ideas to use in coaching work.

Conclusion: While it has the element of marketing a specific approach it is a great tool for awareness, exploration, and planning.