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STEP 5: IDENTIFY YOUR PASSIONS AND VALUES 121
not his values, his practice was actually more profitable when he
reduced it in size, as he reduced his overhead as well.
If it still isn’t clear to you which of these are your top ones (and
that isn’t unusual, as our underlying values have so much bearing on
the way we see the world that sometimes it is hard to recognize what
they are, because we assume everyone sees things from the same
perspective), please consult the Resources section in the back of the
book for information on taking a computerized assessment called
The Career Planning Insights Report and Workplace Motivators
Report that will reveal your top motivating values in ten minutes.
Identify Your Core Values
You’ve identified your hidden motivators, so let’s proceed to take
a look at your core values—the things that are most important
to you and that you love to do. It doesn’t take an Einstein to fig-
ure out that if you love what you do, you’ll be more inclined to
do it to the point of reaching mastery.
Look at Bill Gates as an example. It
appears that he was born a computer Try not to become a
whiz, but it takes more than natural man of success, but
ability to become successful. He was rather try to become a
lucky to have been exposed to the big man of value.
mainframe computers when he was a
kid, but that exposure wasn’t enough; —ALBERT EINSTEIN
he clearly had a passion for computers.
He used to get up in the middle of the
night and sneak out of the house without waking his parents in
order to go to the local library, where he could use the computers
for free from two a.m. to six a.m. His mother didn’t realize until
he confessed years later why he was so tired during the day. If you
want to find work that you’ll still love years down the road, then
you’ll definitely want to make sure that it matches at least one of