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Do What You Are : Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type

by Paul D. Tieger, Barbara Barron-Tieger

3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 · rating details · 1,433 ratings · 145 reviews

Revised and Updated Edition Featuring E-careers for the 21st Century

Now updated for today's hottest jobs--including telecommunications, biotechnology, and health care professional--this bestselling career guide shows people how to determine their personality type, and then explains which jobs are best suited to each type.

Already a classic in the genre, Do What You Are has...more

Paperback, 416 pages

Published April 1st 2001 by Little Brown and Company (first published 1992)

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Nov 23, 2008 Yoga rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: fresh graduates and job seekers in general

Recommended to Yoga by: Indiana University's Career Placement Office

Shelves: career

[My review is on Bahasa (Indonesian) language. The review was originally intended for publication in an internal corporate newsletter. Since it is unpublished, I've decided to use it for this purpose instead.]

Kebanyakan dari kita memilih pekerjaan selama ada lowongan yang kosong dan kompensasi yang menarik tanpa terlalu memikirkan kesesuaian pribadi kita dengan tanggung-jawab dari pekerjaan tersebut. Akibatnya, banyak dari kita yang merasa kurang puas dengan pekerjaan yang kita lakukan dan berda...more [My review is on Bahasa (Indonesian) language. The review was originally intended for publication in an internal corporate newsletter. Since it is unpublished, I've decided to use it for this purpose instead.]

Kebanyakan dari kita memilih pekerjaan selama ada lowongan yang kosong dan kompensasi yang menarik tanpa terlalu memikirkan kesesuaian pribadi kita dengan tanggung-jawab dari pekerjaan tersebut. Akibatnya, banyak dari kita yang merasa kurang puas dengan pekerjaan yang kita lakukan dan berdampak pada kinerja dan aktualisasi diri yang tidak optimal dalam bekerja. Hal ini tidak hanya terjadi pada rekan kita yang fresh graduate dan baru memulai karirnya, namun juga menimpa tidak sedikit dari rekan kita yang sudah mencapai pertengahan karirnya.

Apabila kita masih membayangkan rumput pekarangan tetangga yang lebih hijau, maka tidak ada salahnya untuk membaca buku ini dan memutuskan sendiri apakah rumput tersebut memang benar-benar hijau. Selama lebih dari 10 tahun, buku karangan pasangan suami-istri Tieger ini telah membantu ribuan pembacanya dalam mencari pekerjaan yang sesuai dengan tipe kepribadian mereka. Paul dan Barbara menulis Do What You Are dengan berdasarkan pada metodologi Myers-Briggs yang dikembangkan oleh Isabel Briggs Myers dan ibunya, Katherine Myers, di tahun 1920an. Metodologi tersebut membagi kepribadian seseorang menjadi salah satu dari 16 macam tipe yang ditandai dengan kombinasi empat huruf.

Keempat huruf tersebut dapat ditentukan setelah pembaca menjawab beberapa pertanyaan awal yang telah disediakan. Selanjutnya pembaca dapat melihat gambaran dan penjelasan mengenai tipe tersebut dan biasanya mulai “menemukan” dirinya. Selanjutnya pembaca dapat mengetahui aspek-aspek apa saja dari pekerjaan yang berpengaruh positif serta dapat membahagiakan Anda dalam pekerjaan tersebut dan aspek-aspek lainnya yang berpengaruh sebaliknya terhadap diri Anda. Akhirnya Anda akan dapat menentukan karir dan jenis pekerjaan apa yang paling sesuai dengan tipe kepribadian Anda.

Buku ini telah berkembang dan pada edisi berikutnya mengulas mengenai bagaimana menjalin hubungan berdasarkan tipe kepribadian pasangan Anda -- Just Your Type: Create the Relationship You've Always Wanted Using the Secrets of Personality Type -- dan bagaimana mengasuh anak berdasarkan tipe kepribadian mereka -- Nurture by Nature: How to Raise Happy, Healthy, Responsible Children Through the Insights of Personality Type.(less)

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Jan 18, 2013 Kater Cheek rated it 1 of 5 stars

I got this book out of the library based on a passionate recommendation from Penelope Trunk, a blogger I read often. I thought I'd adore it, as I love her blog, think she has amazing insights into job and career advice, and anyway, I like self-help books of all stripes. I even read self-help books for problems I don't have.

I love personality tests. I love enneagram, OCEAN, “What Color is your Aura” and even Chinese and western zodiac tests. I have books on palm reading and phrenology and that th...more

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Jul 06, 2012 Narasu rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: professional

I used this book as a mid-career re-evaluation to make sure I'm headed in the right direction. It did the job of focusing me on 4 variations of my career that I will research for future growth. And it helped me understand the nuances of Myers Briggs personality types and how to apply them to a career evaluation. I would find it at the library vs. buying it, since i'm not sure what re-read value it has.

While this book uses the Myers Briggs framework for career analysis, it does not contain the of...more

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May 04, 2011 Anne rated it 5 of 5 stars

I originally purchased this in the 90's on the advice of a psychotherapist I was seeing. She highly recommended it. I had taken a test in the 11th grade, many, many moons ago, and a similar test in the 90's when I was in a program in my state called Vocational Rehab or VocRehab for short. The first thing VocRehab had me do was to go in every morning for a week and take a battery of tests, i.e. I.Q., interest tests, etc. At that age, my head swam.

On both tests, many years apart, I found out the s...more

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Feb 26, 2011 Lance rated it 5 of 5 stars

I had actually read this book years before, but the life experience I have acquired since then made this reading of the book much more real and meaningful. This is a classic career help book by any standard, and it was something of a mid-life crisis that prompted me back to these pages.

I love the integration of personality type into forming a career search plan (although the book I read after this one speaks more to the creation of a specific plan). It drives to the core of our individual consti...more

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Jul 18, 2012 Erin rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: career

Loved it! I'm going through a lot of career transition in my life, of trying to figure out what I want to do for the next 30 years, and I totally dig this kind of stuff. I'm big into self-analysis (I think most of my friends and family know that about me!) I recently did a StrengthsFinder analysis and did a MBTI test YEARS ago because my best friend's dad administered them as part of his job, and thought it was very interesting: ISFJ. In fact, i think a lot of how I've seen myself over the years...more

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Oct 08, 2012 Becky rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: library, reference

Things I loved while going through this material again: elements of chapters 4 through 7, which build upon your identification of your particular four-letter code, and which show you how some of the elements work together synergistically to create a unique, outside-the-code mode. I especially loved noting that while I am a strong introvert who likes to introvert my thinking function, I will comfortably extravert my intuitive function - I do have something of value to offer up and share with othe...more

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Apr 07, 2012 Penelope rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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I picked up Do What You Are to help me confirm my personality type after taking the Myers-Briggs test (which I recommend doing before reading this book). The authors give a good description of each of the four personality types and the sixteen temperaments. Reading this book (and a few others) help me confirm my personality type and better understand the personality types of my children. (I already had a good grasp on my husband's personality type, but this book confirmed that too.)

I will defini...more

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Sep 14, 2009 Bill rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Disclaimer: I didn't actually read this entire book. The first section is designed to help readers determine their type, then you can just read the information that is pertinent to your type. This is what I did. I'm not really concerned about what careers might be good for the other 15 personality types. On the plus side, the book helped to confirm my Meyers-Briggs type for me - I am definitely an ISFJ. The chapter specific to my type was also somewhat helpful. It includes a list of possible car...more

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Jan 22, 2013 Sarah rated it 3 of 5 stars

I found this book to be moderately interesting but not terribly accurate. I landed pretty solidly on INFJ and as a result the book kept steering me toward counseling and various jobs that involved working with people's feelings. Man, I spent most of my undergraduate degree (in psychology of course) doing various counseling type jobs and all that I learned was that I NEVER want to do that work again.

I found this book useful in that it validated some things I already knew about myself but doubted...more

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Apr 15, 2012 Gwen rated it 5 of 5 stars

Recommended to Gwen by: Amanda

Shelves: career

Unsurprisingly, this book told me that I am an ISTJ (introverted, sensing, thinking, judging), for which that chapter's subtitle is "take your time and do it right"--exactly my perspective on life.

Key takeaways for me:

1) Career satisfaction involves the ability to use and remember facts/details; creating a real product/service, preferably with SOPs; the ability to work independently; tangible results; explicit objectives; increasing levels of responsibility, with a minimum of social politics, w...more

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Feb 09, 2010 Myth rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: non-fiction

I read this book a couple years ago. I already knew my type, but wanted more information and wanted to confirm what I suspected.

Jung's types and the MBTI have been extremely helpful to me.

The MBTI is not something to get boggled down by. I know several people who've come across trait theory and reject it as "limiting". I think they're really missing out. The MBTI is a great tool for personal growth, but even better when working in groups. For me, as an INTP, it's priceless to have a way to under...more

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Jan 03, 2011 Victoria rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2009

I'd heard of Personality Type before, in fact I'd even taken tests online and read about what I came out as, but never as in depth as this before. I had forgotten my type, but after I determined what it was from this book, I looked it up online and had come up with the same Type that I had before. Reading about my Type was very enlightening and made me finally understand why I had acted one way in certain situations that I'd never understood before. I have a bit of resistance to my Type and I ce...more

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Mar 10, 2013 Ash rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I mainly used this book as a reference. It just told me or I guess reinforced what I already knew in my about my life. I am in my mid twenties and I am in a job that I like but I dream for more.

Do What You Are helps you identify your personality type then shows a few more exercises to make sure you got it correct and then tells you what your ideal career choices would be. It then helps you to make a practical approach to the career of your choice.

Honestly, it's nice to have as an library book bu...more

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May 29, 2011 Besha rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011

Totally not my fault. I’m unemployed and this was on my roommate’s shelf. It’s a rite of passage, okay?

I think the four axes of the MBTI are interesting frames for the world. It paints a positive picture of introversion, and mentally redefining “sloppy” and “together” as “perceiving” and “judging” has made it possible for me to live around other people. The lists of values and work environment preferences were remarkably helpful—I read through all the types and got a much clearer picture of my o...more

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May 23, 2010 Parcoast rated it 5 of 5 stars

So this gets one of my rare 5 stars. I don't know if anyone else will find this book that enlightening, but for me it answered my questions, so its value is high.

I have long been a fan of personality profiling, simply because it helps me understand myself and other people. This book takes the empirical (IMHO) Myers-Briggs/Jung Typology system and applies it to your career. Basically, you put your type in, and it gives you a bunch of plain statements out about what are most likely looking for in...more

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Apr 13, 2008 Ingrid Grant rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recommended to Ingrid by: therapist

I read this in college. This time I consulted it for my profile ISTJ.

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Jan 23, 2010 Bill rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: career, non-fiction

This book wasn't quite what I expected, but it helped me think through some issues about where I am in my career(s) and the options before me. For instance, I keep wondering "why am I suddenly interested in creative writing after so many years of not?" It suggests a reason and it makes sense. It's still up to me to decide what to do with it - career change or hobby? But that's OK.

The book looks large and daunting, but I finished it in basically half a weekend. The cover is bright and friendly an...more

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Sep 14, 2009 Yvette Guillaume rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The perfect book for basic understanding of the Myers-Briggs test. I've been searching for a new career path and wanted to approach it from a new angle: understanding myself. This book gave some particularly helpful pointers about seeking out a new career through evaluating what a) makes you happy in a work situations b) describing and understanding your work strengths/weaknesses c) understanding what types of job work well for your type (in general) d) applying the former two points to a thorou...more

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Aug 05, 2010 (ben) rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

i gave this 3 stars because it was a good tool, but not great.

learning about my type certainly helped and it did help me to narrow down my ideas of what i might like to do. this book is probably NOT going to leave you with a 100% answer of what you want to do with your life, so if that's what you're looking for, good luck.

if you're in that place that i find myself in where you know you're unsatisfied with what you're currently doing and are searching for tools to help you narrow down what it is...more

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Jan 04, 2012 Camille rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: everyone

Recommended to Camille by: Penelope Trunk

This book is basically career advise focused on the 16 Briggs-Meyers categories and a few other categorization systems. I will be seeking out new employment in the new year and I have NO idea what I want to do/what I should do, so spending the time to figure out who I am and what my strengths are is immensely helpful. I always thought I was more of an extrovert and a bit of a creative, but it turns out I'm really not. This is helpful to know so I can target my job hunt to areas where I have more...more

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Jan 03, 2010 Nathan James rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: nonfiction, 2009

I needed confirmation that I am headed on the right career path. Do What You Are bases its career suggestions based on the Meyers-Briggs Personality Test. I'm an ISFJ - if that doesn't remind you of which one the Meyers Briggs test is, then google it.

I, personally, don't really buy the whole define-billions-of-people's-personalities-in-a-300-page-book phenomenon. But this book had been recommended to me by friends and bookstore customers so I took a gander.

So, once you categorize 4 major perso...more I needed confirmation that I am headed on the right career path. Do What You Are bases its career suggestions based on the Meyers-Briggs Personality Test. I'm an ISFJ - if that doesn't remind you of which one the Meyers Briggs test is, then google it.

I, personally, don't really buy the whole define-billions-of-people's-personalities-in-a-300-page-book phenomenon. But this book had been recommended to me by friends and bookstore customers so I took a gander.

So, once you categorize 4 major personality differences for yourself (i.e. Are you an introvert or an extravert? Do you gather information through observation or by researching?), you then are told how your particular personality assignation uses those four aspects together (i.e. which of the four traits is the dominant one?). Mine are, from most in control to least in control: Sensing, Feeling, Thinking, Intuition. From there it explains how as we mature, we incorporate a greater amount of the second, third and ultimately fourth factors of our personality.

For instance, I was a merchandising supervisor working mostly with things (Sensing- gathering visual information from customer behavior to identify hotspots in the store). Then I became a trainer where I had to show people how to do things (Feeling- communicating what I've learned to others in a way that makes sense to them). Then I became a manager and had to stare at sales histories and charts to use that info to sell more stuff (Thinking). And then, say, I become a Buyer where i would have to intuit what will be hot sellers in the future and order accordingly (Intuition).

Kinda cool...I can see how those four jobs would build upon each other in a symbiotic way. And I completely agree that thinking of future outcomes is not one of my strong suits. I would have to be very comfortable with what I was intuiting in order to intuit. So to speak. But its a gift I've always respected in other people and could see myself striving to be the one who has that job.

In the short career suggestion list for my personality type, they listed teacher, merchandiser, educational administrator, and massage therapist - all careers I have had or considered in the past. But what's even better about the book is it explicitly told me WHY those jobs fit me. I want structure, I want facts, I want to help people with my knowledge, I want to be in control of my work environment. Check check check and check. Holy cow! Yes! That makes complete sense.

I looked at other personality type blurbs; I always do with stuff like this because how do I know I'm not just interpreting what they say in order to hear what I want to hear like a horoscope? Nothing in the three other personality blurbs fit me at all - I mean, not at all. Data analyst? Politician? Accountant? No offense, but no thank you.

So I'm sold. I skimmed it and it actually helped me. And I only thought the word "hooey" reading it once or twice.(less)

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Nov 24, 2008 Susan rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: career-seekers, career-changers

This is an interesting concept -- that personality type can dictate jobs at which one might be happiest -- and provides an excellent way of identifying your Myers-Briggs classification without having to pay 60 bucks and take a long test. Some of the job suggestions are worthy of investigating. I'm just not sure I buy the idea that personality is the prime dictator of whether you'll be happy in a role. It might be a better indicator of success, not happiness. Still, worth a read for career-seeker...more

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Aug 25, 2010 mlady_rebecca rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Looked through this in detail last night. It went a bit beyond what I remember from "Type Talk".

It covers:

* the four dimensions of personality typing (chpt 2)
- Introversion/Extraversion
- iNtuitive/Sensor
- Thinking/Feeling
- Judging/Percieving

* the 16 personality types (chpt 3)

* the 4 temperaments (chpt 4)
- Experiencers - SP
- Traditionalists - SJ
- Conceptualizers - NT
- Idealists - NF

... all of which I was familiar with, plus ...

* the hierarchy of functions (chpt 5)
- your dominant, auxilia...more

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May 25, 2008 Yosafbridg rated it 2 of 5 stars

I don't know why i continue to feel compelled to read career books~i am actually quite happy in my chosen career~tho i would love to someday support myself through some kind of art (writing, acting, independent wealth, etc...)~i suppose i could currently call it a collection development interest since this is one of my (oh-so-many) buying areas. I always have retained that lingering interest in psychology (after running in terror from it after that semester i tried it on as a major when one of m...more I don't know why i continue to feel compelled to read career books~i am actually quite happy in my chosen career~tho i would love to someday support myself through some kind of art (writing, acting, independent wealth, etc...)~i suppose i could currently call it a collection development interest since this is one of my (oh-so-many) buying areas. I always have retained that lingering interest in psychology (after running in terror from it after that semester i tried it on as a major when one of my advising sessions with my acting advisor had taken a wrong turn and i had essentially told them {the acting department} to fuck off but after a semester of hearing people open up and tell me all the problems at parties once they heard i was a psychology major as opposed to saying "ah...interesting...[pause]..." when they heard i was a acting major {not to mention having a psychologist for a mother} so i went running back to the theatre department {general theatre, the acting department didn't want me, oddly enough} tail held firmly between my legs) and personality types (like those weirdo theatre types, right?~and of course now i sit behind a reference desk listening to people open up and tell me all their problems... hmmm...)
Anyway...Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type Revised and Updated by Paul D. Tieger & Barbara Barron uses the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to try and determine what career people will find the most fulfilling and satisfying. This is not a new concept, i took the Myers-Briggs Test back in college as part of their career counseling program to help me determine my career path; i also took it at a State Employment Center. The authors (and pretty much everyone else who talks about MBTI) state that personality type is inborn and stays with us for life and though i usually come out to be an INTP, which describes my personality somewhat; often when i take the test dimensions of it fluctuate so that i have come out as ENTP, INTJ, ENTJ, INFP, (basically everything fluctuating except the N~iNtuition part). Perhaps this has to do with the length of the test~perhaps it has to do with the strength to which i express each preference~perhaps it is my usual strangeness/uniqueness~i don't know. I have talked to others who also change over time, so just a small disclaimer here. Also, my profession, which i believe fits me quite well does not fit any of the personality types that describe me, so what is that about?
The book describes the four basic dimensions of personality type: Extroversion- -Introversion, Sensing- -INtuition, Thinking- -Feeling, and Judging- -Perceiving. If you do the math on this it gives you sixteen possible personality types (which some people take VERY seriously). The book doesn't offer a test but rather descriptions to let you decide where you fall. It describes strengths and possible blind spots, it also tells you which are your dominant functions and which are your auxiliary functions (if we are assuming i am an INTP my hierarchy of functions is 1) Thinking; 2) Intuition; 3) Feeling {opposite of #2}; and finally 4) Sensing {opposite of #1}).
After this basic introduction to the Myers-Briggs Personality Type the authors go on to the job chapters which include profiles of people in jobs which fit their personality types and why those careers work for them. These chapters also describe what careers satisfaction factors to look for and popular occupations in different areas (creative/arts; education/counseling; religion; health care; organizational development; and technology) as well as how to use your strengths in your job search/career. (Librarian is listed under ISFJ~Sensing being the one thing that doesn't see-saw in me. And people always tend to always think of librarians as introverted~while i admit that many are~Public Librarians have the word PUBLIC in their very title, (come on people (and i'm talking to librarians here too) this is a job where you have to actually INTERACT with people. The authors do concede that there are successful people in every occupation.)(less)

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May 04, 2008 Jennifer Wardrip rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Choosing a career based on personality type is not a new concept; in fact, the first edition of DO WHAT YOU ARE was released in 1992 (and I can actually remember reading it when I was a junior in high school). In this, the fourth edition, hopefully even more teens will be exposed to this great resource.

The authors, both experts in personality type and career development, put forth the idea that choosing a career path based on your individual personality will b...more Reviewed by Me for TeensReadToo.com

Choosing a career based on personality type is not a new concept; in fact, the first edition of DO WHAT YOU ARE was released in 1992 (and I can actually remember reading it when I was a junior in high school). In this, the fourth edition, hopefully even more teens will be exposed to this great resource.

The authors, both experts in personality type and career development, put forth the idea that choosing a career path based on your individual personality will be beneficial to your success. For those worried that discovering your personality type is a difficult process, don't despair, because the authors make it quite easy.

There are four dimensions to personality type:

Whether you are extroverted or introverted.
Whether you notice things by sensing or intuition.
Whether you make decisions by thinking or feeling.
Whether you prefer to live by judging or perceiving.

Once you've discovered the answer to each of these four questions, you'll be able to discover which of the sixteen possible personality types you fall into. Once you do, you can quickly skip to the relevant section in the book.

In my case, my personality is ESTJ - or extroverted, sensing, thinking, judging. According to the authors of DO WHAT YOU ARE, my strengths lie in organization, being objective, working alone, and being a good decision maker. My weaknesses are also outlined, and include impatience with those who don't follow procedures, a tendency to overrun people, and difficulty listening to opposing viewpoints. Some suggestions for careers, based on my personality type, are as a teacher, government employee, sales, supervisor, or a manager.

Of course the above is not a full list of the strengths, weaknesses, or recommended career choices for those whose personality type is ESTJ - the above is merely a sampling. But I can say with truth that DO WHAT YOU ARE can be a great resource for those beginning their search for a career choice. I can agree that ESTJ is definitely my personality type (faults and all!) and have no doubt that this book has the power to help everyone looking to correctly match their strengths to the perfect career. (less)

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Apr 17, 2008 Jessica rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Everyone

This is a fantastic, eye-opening book for those who are looking to take it seriously.

Personality type and careers... it's not new stuff. But this book so perfectly delves into the topic.... deeply, but in a way for any reader to understand and utilize it to the max. If you research personality types on the web, there is simply too much information. There are pages of each personality type that are long and too general, making it impossible to properly diagnose yourself. This book helps it to be...more

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Oct 17, 2011 Milka rated it 4 of 5 stars

A nice complement to the authors' other book "Nature by Nurture", this lists the strengths and weaknesses of each of the 16 different personalities. It then goes on to listing what types of careers are a good fit for each. This really helps me understand how my kids think and function better and what little engineers and little helpers they already look like now. A great book to expand parents' horizons about their children's future and make sure all the doors stay open to each possibility.

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Mar 06, 2013 Aeron rated it 3 of 5 stars

I have been struggling to define my career path since having kids, and this book helped me evaluate my personality type using the Myers Briggs system, and then offered potential good career fits based on my personality type. While I found the personality breakdowns fascinating and illuminating, the technical career breakdown was generic and uninspiring. Overall it was a useful and interesting book, but I have yet to find the career book that really speaks to me.

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Jan 02, 2013 Kit rated it 4 of 5 stars

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I am contemplating a career change and this book was very insightful. After several missteps and restarts I found out my true "personality type" ;) and found some interesting tips and aha moments. I tend to skim these career books but its definitely worth reading thoroughly. I was skipping and skimming at first and then wondered why the results didn;t resonate. After going back and taking the quizzes and studying the samples I was pleasantly surprised.

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Through his ground-breaking book Do What You Are, Paul Tieger changed how career counseling is conducted around the world. The author of five books on Personality type and the preeminent expert in this field, Paul has helped over one million people find career satisfaction and success. On any given day, Do What You Are is the most or second most popular career book on Amazon.com.

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BBCode	[url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49051.Do_What_You_Are_?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_book][img]http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1170357294l/49051.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49051.Do_What_You_Are_?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_book]Do What You Are : Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type by Paul D. Tieger[/url]

Do What You Are : Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type

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