1. Your Interests and Values
Chapter 1
Self Awareness
Lesson 1.1
Your Interests and Values

2. The link between your interests and different careers
Discover
What interests you
The link between your interests and different careers
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3. What you value or believe is important
Discover
What you value or believe is important

4. Why It’s Important
Your interests and values are at the heart of who you are and will help lead you to careers that are right for you.

5. people, data, things, ideas interest inventory values work values
Key Terms
interests
people, data, things, ideas
interest inventory
values
work values
economic values

6. Discovering Your Interests
Your interests are your favorite activities.

7. Discovering Your Interests
Ask yourself these questions as you explore your interests:
How do I like to spend my free time?
What am I curious about?
What do I find fascinating?

8. Where Do Your Interests Lead?
Make a list of your interests.
You may begin to see patterns.

9. Four Interest Categories
People: Activities that involve helping others, teaching, making friends, babysitting, team sports, etc.
Data: Activities that involve record keeping, surfing the Internet, reading, experimenting, or researching.
Things: Activities that involve building or fixing things, cooking, working with your hands, and lawn care.
Ideas: Activities that involve writing stories or music, painting, inventing, and playing a musical instrument.

10. Matching Interests and Careers
An interest inventory is a checklist that points to your strongest interests.
It is also a way of exploring careers.

11. Matching Interests and Careers
There are no right or wrong answers when you take an interest inventory.

12. What Are Values? Your values are what you believe is important.
They are the beliefs and ideas you live by.

13. What Are Values?
Like your interests, your values are an important part of who you are.

14. What Are Values?
Your work values are the things about work that are important to you.
Understanding your work values will help you select a career that suits you.

15. What Are Values? You also have economic values, or economic goals.
Economic values are how important money is to your happiness.

16. What Are Values? You learn values from important people in your life.
The values of your culture or community may also influence your personal values.

17. Wanting to be respected
Graphic Organizer
Basic Values
Courage
Overcoming fear to
face problems
Relationships
Being close to
friends and family
Responsibility
Being dependable and
trustworthy
Recognition
Wanting to be respected
and appreciated
Achievement
Wanting to succeed in
whatever you do
Compassion
Caring for others

18. Try This Activity
Evaluate Your
Values
Make a Chart In the left-hand column of your chart, list your values. In the right-hand column, tell where these values came from: Are they personal values, family values, or cultural values?
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19. Try This Activity
Evaluate Your
Values
Compare Charts Compare your chart with a partner. Then keep it for later use. Add new values as you discover them.

20. What Is Attitude? Attitude is a general outlook on life.
Attitude Counts
What Is Attitude?
Attitude is a general outlook on life.
A positive attitude makes life enjoyable.

21. Critical Thinking Review
How do you develop interests?
People develop new interests as they are exposed to new cultures, experiences, and people.
Critical Thinking Q A
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22. Critical Thinking Review
Why is it a good idea to think about your interests when making career choices?
You should think about your interests when you make your career choice so that you will enjoy what you do and stay interested in your career.
Critical Thinking Q A
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23. Critical Thinking Review
Who might help you identify your values?
People who might help you identify your values include family members, teachers, or other people whom you respect and trust.
Critical Thinking Q A

24. Your Interests and Values
End of Chapter 1
Self Awareness
Lesson 1.1
Your Interests and Values