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Choosing A Career

What You Like and Dislike

Follow yourself through a normal day from when you first get up, and list all the things you do under these headings:

Things I Really Enjoy Doing
Things I Find O.K.
Things I Dislike Doing

Do you know WHY you like/dislike doing certain things?

Write down your reasons.

Do the things you like/dislike doing suggest to you any jobs which you could do, or maybe should not do? What?

Completing these sentences should help your brain to get ticking over:

I'm praised for .............................................

When I'm at home, I really enjoy ............................

I'm interested in collecting ................................

My favourite hobby is .......................................

I'd like to write a book about ..............................

The thing I like most about weekends is .....................

My best Mastermind topic would be ...........................

With my hands I'm good at ...................................

I help at home by ...........................................

At school I was at my best in ...............................

I'm good at organising ......................................

School is  ..................................................

I can best express the way I feel by ........................

When dealing with people, I'm ...............................

The best way of filling in my spare time is by ..............

I like reading about ........................................

I think I'm really terrific at ..............................

The subject I would most like to teach is ...................

At sport, I'm ...............................................

The most enjoyable thing I have ever done was when ..........

Next......

let's start to rate your Abilities & Interests.

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