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Creating Your Career Fingerprint

❑ Are you artistically gifted?
Do you crave the opportunity to create beauty and symbolism in the
world? Can a symphony, painting, or sculpture move you to tears?
Have others told you that you have a gift for being artistic? Can you
remember wanting to be an artist, actor, or musician since you were
very young? Have people ever said that they appreciated or were
moved by something you made or did? Have you always known you
were an artist but kept it hidden because it seemed impractical or
someone criticized you? Do you think that art is one of the most impor-
tant things in the world?
A few careers associated with this talent could be

• Actor • Florist
• Clothing, manufactur- • Graphic or Web designer
ing, or furniture • Interior decorator
designer
• Musician
• Crafts designer
• Playwright
• Dancer
• Sculptor
• Film, theater, or televi- • Singer
sion director
• Fine artist

You may find that one or more special talents in these sections
really resonate with you. For example, you may love to make peo-
ple feel genuinely important and you may also be particularly tal-
ented at managing or leading large-scale projects. Write down one,
two, or three of the above talents (or choose ones you believe you
have that may not appear in the above list), beginning with the
one you believe is the strongest.

At this time I think or feel that my authentic calling is

1. _____________________________ and I know this because
__________________________________________________

__________________________________________________
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