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Fearless Career Change

• Artist • Motivational speaker
• Author or journalist • Physician’s assistant
• Child-care worker • Political advocate or
• Director of a nonprofit activist
• Entertainer • Psychotherapist
• Homeless advocate • Senior citizen companion
• Life or career coach • Teacher
• Lobbyist • Volunteer
• Minister

❑ Are you so incredibly adept with detail that you amaze your
family and friends?
Do you get great satisfaction from striving for absolute perfection? Do
you feel a sense of pride when you have created order out of chaos and/or
organization from disarray? Is it easy and natural for you to work slowly
and methodically so that you end with a perfect result? Do you have
more patience than most people with detail? Can other people trust you to
put things in tidy, logical order? Do you thrive on efficiency?
A few careers associated with this talent could be

• Accountant • House cleaner
• Archaeologist • Insurance agent
• Assembler • Laboratory technician
• Bookkeeper • Logistics manager
• Building inspector • Operations director
• Clean-room specialist • Property appraiser
• Database analyst • Research scientist
• Financial analyst • Surgeon
• Forensic expert • Watch repairer

❑ Are you mathematically gifted?
Do numbers, diagrams, and numerical concepts come easily—are they
fun? Do you love to work on easy or increasingly difficult numerical
or geometric puzzles? Do mathematics or numbers represent something
beautiful to you? Do you think you are more adept with numbers

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