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© 2010 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. 2-2 Learning Objectives Define self-awareness and cite its benefits. Explain the factors that influence people’s values. Define personality and list the “big five” personality traits. Compare and contrast skills, knowledge, and interests. Explain how personality, skills, and interests relate to career choice.

© 2010 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. 2-3 Finding Your Direction 1. Self-Awareness The process of paying attention to yourself. 2. Self-Honesty The ability to see your strengths and weaknesses clearly. 3. Self-Consciousness – The tendency to frequently think about and observe yourself. Private self-consciousness Understanding yourself. Public self-consciousness Understanding how your behavior affects others. 4. Emotional Awareness The process of recognizing, identifying and accepting your emotions. 5. Identifying Your Emotions: Pay attention to how your body feels. What occurred right before the emotion started?

© 2010 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. 2-4 Self-Awareness and Success What does self-awareness have to do with success?

© 2010 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. 2-5 Self-Honesty How difficult is it to be self- honest? Are you more likely to over- or under-estimate your strengths? weaknesses? What is the benefit to doing the analysis yourself and not trying to get someone else to be honest for you?

© 2010 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. 2-6 Identifying Your Emotions – Figure 2.1 I Feel Comfortable

© 2010 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. 2-7 Identifying Your Emotions – Figure 2.1 I Feel Uncomfortable

© 2010 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. 2-8 Multiple Skills, Multiple Intelligences Intelligence A set of abilities that enables you to solve certain types of real-world problems. Verbal/linguistic Logical/mathematical Visual/spatial Bodily/kinesthetic Musical Interpersonal Intrapersonal Naturalistic

© 2010 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. 2-9 Exploring Your Skills & Interests Skill The ability to do something specific as a result of learning and practice Job-specific –ability to do a specific job/task. Transferable skills – abilities you can use in a variety of jobs/tasks. Knowledge An understanding of facts or principles in a particular subject area. Knowledge isn’t a skill until it is combined with real-world experience.

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© 2010 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved Discovering Your Strengths Personality and Individuality Personality The relatively stable pattern of behavior that distinguishes you from all other people. Trait A disposition to behave in a certain way regardless of the situation. Traits are shaped by our genes, but also by our upbringing and experiences.

© 2010 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved The “Big Five” Personality Traits Openness Imaginativeness, openness to new people, ideas, and experiences. Conscientiousness Self-discipline and desire to achieve Extroversion Assertiveness, sociability, and interest in excitement and activity. Agreeableness Trustworthiness, warmth and cooperativeness. Emotional Stability Resistance to negative emotions such as anxiety, anger and depression.

© 2010 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved Personality Types and Work Career Researcher John Holland’s Six Basic Types of Work Personalities Realistic —doers who prefer hands-on activities to activities involving words or relationships. Investigative —thinkers who like to investigate and solve problems. Artistic —creators who value self-expression structure. Social —helpers who value relationships more than intellectual or physical activity. Enterprising —persuaders who enjoy using their verbal skills. Conventional —organizers who thrive in situations with rules and structure

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© 2010 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved Holland’s Hexagon In summary, you are most likely to choose a successful and satisfying job, if you choose one that fits your personality type. John Holland created a hexagonal model that shows the relationship between the personality types and environments. Notice that the personality types closest to each other are more alike than those farther away. You can see this most clearly when you compare the personalities opposite each other, on the hexagon. For example, read the description of the types for Realistic and Social. You will see that they are virtually the opposite of each other. On the other hand, Social and Artistic are not that far apart.

© 2010 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved Putting It All Together Self-Awareness and Work Why Work Matters Most of us will spend about 80,000 hours of our lives at work. The work you do, therefore, has an enormous impact on your success and happiness. Satisfaction Gaining self-worth from a job well done. Relationships Learning from other people. Meaning Fulfilling your personal purpose in life.