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Testing the Waters

2. Then list all six of your preferred skills from top to bottom.
3. Next list your six satisfiers.
4. For each of your preferred skills (for example, manage-
ment), ask yourself, “How well will job 1 satisfy my desire to
be a manager?” If it will provide you with an opportunity to
be a manager, put a checkmark in the corresponding box.
If not, leave it blank.
5. Repeat the same question for each of the other two jobs.
6. Continue using the same methods for all of your skills and
satisfiers. For example, “Will job 2 satisfy my need for eco-
nomic security? Prestige?”
7. Each column should now have several checkmarks. The last
step is to look at your gifts.

Because I believe that using your gifts in your
career will make you absolutely soar, I’m going
to ask that you rate “gifts” on a scale of 1 to
100 for each of the three jobs—for example,
“How well will job 1 allow me to express my
gifts?” If you have more than one gift, also list
them on the chart and rank them from 1 to 100.

8. Now, add all of the checkmarks that appear vertically under
job 1 and write your total.
9. Do the same as in step 8 for the other two jobs.

We’re not quite finished yet, but stop and take a minute to
observe how the totals look. Is one job way ahead? Do others lag
behind? Do two or all three have nearly identical scores?
Now, for a final, and most important, indicator, you’ll be using
your intuition to help you rate these jobs. Please rank each occu-
pation on your chart in terms of your intuitive feeling, from 1 to
100. Again, 100 would mean something like “absolutely fantastic,”
and 1 would be “horrifying.”
What does “intuitive feeling” mean? To some, it may literally
be a feeling in the gut, chest, or stomach. Others internally sense

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