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Get a Great Job When You Don’t Have a Job

A few careers associated with this talent could be

• Acupuncturist • Member of the clergy
• Certified neurolinguis- • Midwife
tic programmer • Motivational speaker
• Chiropractor • Personal athletic trainer
• Family nurse practi- • Psychic or intuitive
tioner
• Psychologist, therapist, or
• Health columnist counselor
• Herbalist

❑ Are you good at persuading people?
Do you have a way with bringing people around to your point of view?
Do you have an innate sense of what people want or what they would
find attractive? Do people tend to trust you and believe what you say?
Have you ever completely changed a person’s mind from one viewpoint
to an opposite one? Do you enjoy when people seek you out for advice?
A few careers associated with this talent could be

• Actor • Marketing and communi-
cations specialist
• Advertising sales-
person • Personal financial planner
• Consultant, counselor, • Politician or political
or personal coach activist
• Professor or teacher
• Graphic artist
• Public speaker
• Magazine, book, or
newspaper writer, edi- • Salesperson
tor, or publisher • Supervisor

❑ Are you good at designing things?
Do you thrive on designing simple or complex things, processes, or
projects? Is it second nature for you to be organized in anything you
undertake? Do you have an eye for the big picture but also a sense for
the minutest details? Do you love to orchestrate different elements to
create a new and functional, logical, or aesthetic whole?
A few careers associated with this talent could be

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