 Importance of Self-Assessment  Importance of getting a job  Greatest determinant of future success?  Importance of choosing a career

 If you were a millionaire and didn’t have to work, what would you do with all your time?

Jobs Mr. Pitcher has held: Detassling corn Golf Course Used Car Lot Camp Counselor Union Laborer Intramural Referee Printing Press Pizza Delivery Truck Driver Flower Delivery Cubs Crowd Control Server & Bartender Youth Sports Referee & Umpire Tutor

 Careers I have held:  Teacher/Coach  What is the difference between a job and a career

 Boston Celtics  U.S. Ryder Cup Team  Fortune 500 Corporations

This is all based on the work of a guy named Carl Jung “Young” And interpreted by Myers-Briggs

These concepts are not “black and white” Generalizations

 are interested in what is happening around them  are open and often talkative  compare their own opinions with the opinions of others  like action and initiative  easily make new friends or adapt to a new group  say what they think  are interested in new people  easily break unwanted relations

 are interested in their own thoughts and feelings  need to have own territory  often appear reserved, quiet and thoughtful  usually do not have many friends  have difficulties in making new contacts  like concentration and quiet  do not like unexpected visits and therefore do not make them  work well alone

 When interacting with others  Extroverted students enjoy working in groups. Consider in- class or outside-of- class group exercises and projects.

 When new information is connected to existing information  Build a compare/ contrast table, flowchart, or concept map.

You see, everyone gathers information through their senses, But what they do with it after that is how people differ. People are either Sensing or Intuitive

The "Sensing" preference absorbs data in a literal, concrete fashion. “Sensers” More at home when looking after the particulars of everyday living... and to practical matters such as recreation and safety, and are likely to leave the more abstract issues to others.

moderate to high degrees of structure linear, sequential learning need to know why before doing something prefer the concrete, the practical, and the immediate uncomfortable with abstract ideas low tolerance for ambiguity The path to educational excellence for sensing learners is usually a practice-to-theory route, - not the more traditional theory-to-practice approach. Sensing Type (cont’d)

"Intuitive“ generates abstract possibilities from information that is gathered. Intuitive tend to be more content when concrete concerns are handled by someone else and they are left free to consider the more abstract world of ideas.

prefer to focus their perceptions on imaginative possibilities rather than on concrete realities. love the world of concepts, ideas, and abstractions. Prefer diversity in ideas and learning options are not uncomfortable with ambiguity. Prefer open-ended instruction to highly structured instruction.

My new formula has just proven that you can never touch anything you try to touch. Tell me what you think…

Given information: It is one mile to my home. I want to go there Question: Can I possibly travel one mile without first traveling ½ mile? No So I travel ½ mile and still have ½ mile to go… Can I travel the remaining ½ mile without first traveling ¼ mile? No So I travel the ¼ mile and still have ¼ mile to go… Can I travel the remaining 1/4 mile without first traveling 1/8 mile? No So I travel the 1/8 mile and still have 1/8 mile to go… Can I travel the remaining 1/8 mile without first traveling 1/16 mile? No So I travel the 1/16 mile and still have 1/16 mile to go… How do I ever get there?

 Based on what you think.  Based on how you feel.

What’s the significance of this?

Thinking is an ability to deal with information on the basis of its structure and its function. Feeling is an ability to deal with information on the basis of its initial energetic condition and its interactions.

 are interested in systems, structures, patterns  expose everything to logical analysis  are relatively cold and unemotional  evaluate things by intellect and right or wrong  have difficulties talking about feelings  do not like to clear up arguments or quarrels  are interested in people and their feelings  easily pass their own moods to others  pay great attention to love and passion  evaluate things by ethics and good or bad  can be touchy or use emotional manipulation  often give compliments to please people

 are interested in systems, structures, patterns  expose everything to logical analysis  are relatively cold and unemotional  evaluate things by intellect and right or wrong  have difficulties talking about feelings  do not like to clear up arguments or quarrels How will this affect my Career choice???

 are interested in people and their feelings  easily pass their own moods to others  pay great attention to love and passion  evaluate things by ethics and good or bad  can be touchy or use emotional manipulation  often give compliments to please people So then what jobs would be good for me?

It still seems a little blurry. Perceiving types act impulsively following the situation can start many things at once, often without finishing them properly prefer to have freedom from obligations are curious and like a fresh look at things work productivity depends on their mood often act without any preparation Judging types do not like to leave unanswered questions plan work ahead and tend to finish it do not like to change their decisions have relatively stable workability easily follow rules and discipline