Knowing Your Strengths

3 Steps to Working in Your Strengths

Posted by Adam Rico in Career Success, Knowing Your Strengths | 4 comments

Have you ever experienced someone telling you that you’ve done a good job? Or maybe they have even gone so far as to say you were talented or exceptional in a particular thing.

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Then your immediate response was something like, “oh thank you, but it really wasn’t anything special.”

I know I’ve certainly responded that way at times.

In addition to maybe some false humility, I responded this way because I was unaware of my strengths.

Many of us are unaware of our strengths and what we do well.

Should You Take a Personality Assessment?

Posted by Adam Rico in Career Success, Knowing Your Strengths, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Personality | 5 comments

You’ve probably heard of or have taken the Myers-Briggs or DISC or some other personality instrument out there.

However, sometimes it can feel like personality assessments raise more questions than provide answers.

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Which is the best one to take? Is it going to say I have the worst personality you can have? How in the world will this help me get a better job? Don’t circumstances dictate how I behave sometimes?

How to Choose the Work You Love When You Feel Stuck (Part 2)

Posted by Adam Rico in Career Success, Knowing Your Strengths, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Personality | 11 comments

(This post is part of a series. To read part 1 go here.)

When you don’t like your job and you feel stuck, one of the best things you can do is take a personality assessment.

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Two of the best, most reliable and valid personality instruments on the market are the DISC and Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI).

How to Choose the Work You Love When You Feel Stuck (Part 1)

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You’d think it would be easy to figure out what we love to do for work.

I mean we spend so much time with ourselves you’d think we would have this down right?

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Yet, it’s not easy. At least it wasn’t for me.

How to Get Rid of That Job You Hate Once and For All

Posted by Adam Rico in Career Success, Job Search, Knowing Your Strengths, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator | 10 comments

You did all the right things.

You went to school, got a job with a good company, and set yourself on a career path your parents would be proud of.

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Or maybe you just took the first job you could find because those student loans were coming due.

Either way, you took a job and now you hate it.

You wonder how this happened. How did you end up doing something every day that sucks the zest for life out of you?

The problem is you don’t know what to do. You don’t know what else you want to do. Even if you did know, you don’t know how to get there.

The good news is there is hope.