What Color is your Parachute?

 Richard Nelson Bolles

Is Finding a Life that has Meaning and Purpose important to You?

It all begins with: Who Are You?

 

 

PERSONALITY

Which of the following best describes your personality?

Problem Solver

• Seeks knowledge and understanding
• Logical thinker focus on system analysis
• Strategic leader

Idealist

• Focus on human potential, spiritual, giving
• Enthusiastic trusts their intuition
• Dream of attaining wisdom

Guardian

• Seek security, joining groups
• Honor customs and traditions
• Dependable, helpful and hard-working

Artistic

• Fun-loving and optimistic
• Very flexible and spontaneous
• Focus on the hear and now

You are Unique

How well do you know your strengths and weaknesses?

 

1. Do you need to be with people all the time or do you prefer alone time?

2. Do crowds energize you or drain your energy?

3. When you are alone do you like to read, create or exercise?

4. Are you the type that takes in information with your five senses or are you more intuitive in nature?

5. When making a decision do you depend on the fact or go with your gut feeling?

6. Is every minute of your life planned or are you more free-flowing and spontaneous?

 

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PASSION

How do you define success?

1) Development of your creative abilities

2) Desire to understand the world

3) Use deep understanding to serve others

4) Help to enrich the world

5) Seek to find truth

6) Problem solve to discover and invent

7) Natural scientists and mathematicians

8) Down to earth make the best of any situation

9) Need for close loving relationships

10) Conquer challenges of the physical environment

 

These are the steps to take to navigate your journey to finding your passion.

You are Unique

How well do you know your strengths and weaknesses?

 

1. Do you need to be with people all the time or do you prefer alone time?

2. Do crowds energize you or drain your energy?

3. When you are alone do you like to read, create or exercise?

4. Are you the type that takes in information with your five senses or are you more intuitive in nature?

5. When making a decision do you depend on the fact or go with your gut feeling?

6. Is every minute of your life planned or are you more free-flowing and spontaneous?

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 PROFESSION

When you know your personality and passion you will be naturally drawn to you perfect profession and love it.

What do you need from a profession to feel a sense of satisfaction?

1. Creators or the Free Spirits

• Come alive in crisis and excel under pressure
• Actively searching for new thrills, talking in new information
• Do what ever it takes to get the job done.
• Flexible, wait till the last minute to make a decision

2. System Masterminds

• The worlds change agents
• Leaders in search of a destiny
• Fitting all the pieces together
• Thinker cool, calculating and objective
 
3. Pathfinders

• Intuitive visionary and driven to make a difference
• Personal value rule their decision making
• Dedicate their life to something bigger than who they are
• Hear words and remember with emotion

4. Guardians of the Establishment

• Place high value on tradition, structure and authority
• Need to belong to a group
• Reliable, disciplined and consistent
• Need stability in their life

 

Do you have passion for your profession?

The purpose of your gifts and talents are to serve the world

 

1. Are you utilizing your greatest resources, your passions, to direct your profession?

2. Is your profession bringing value to the marketplace?

3. Do people value your contribution for the services you are providing?

 

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PARTNER

What do you need from a woman?

1) Respect my need for routine and order.

2) Notice my hard work and commitment to our family’s needs.

3) Give me plenty of space to pursue my interests.

4) Encourage me to keep growing, changing and experimenting.

5) Trust my inspiration and encourage me to make my dreams come true.

6) Give me plenty of freedom to follow my impulses and explore my world.

7) Respect my desire to be in charge and in control.

8) Give me time alone to pursue my interests and passions in depth.

9) Appreciate my common sense, practical and steady approach.

10) Respect my feelings and never demand I compromise my values.
 

Is your partner you greatest supporter?

You can achieve great things with the right partner.

 

1. How does your partner support your purpose in life?

2. Does your partner allow you to be your authentic self?

3. Are the expectations of your partner preventing you from growing and being all you were meant to be?

4. Does you partner allow you to achieve things you could never do alone?

5. Do you feel loved and cherished for the person you were meant to be?

6. Did you throw away your list of expectations and choose to give unconditional support and love?

 

 

 

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