Career test aptitiude

FROM CHAPTER THREE: 'WHAT MAKES YOU TICK?"

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"...Knowledge work and the ISTU temperament

People of all temperaments are capable of being knowledge creators, providers or users of knowledge.

Temperament does have a major bearing on the way we prefer to work. If you have the motivation, desire and interest your temperament will not limit what sort of knowledge worker you might aspire to be.

There are two major challenges for you in the new economy.

The first is to adapt to the fast changing pace of life. This will depend upon having some understanding of why changes are taking place, and will involve looking beyond the surface appearance of things.

You are the sort of person who learns best by practical hands on activity. You want to be involved in day to day activities solving practical problems or creating tangible products.

You build up your knowledge of how things work as a result of your practical experience.

You are inclined to be impatient with theories and ideas. Your practical experience becomes the basis of the rules you have for your work and life.

There has been a great deal of automation and new work procedures have been introduced and made much of the old experience of many people irrelevant. This sort of change can destroy the basis upon which practically minded people operate.

Many people run the serious risk of having to start all over again, but this need not be the case if you take sensible precautions.

This leads to the second big challenge for you, because one of the main precautions you can take is to develop your ability to think in terms of theories and ideas.

The new economy is tending to reward those who can figure out the cause of problems and then solve the problem. This often requires a different type of thinking that may not come naturally to you.

This is thinking from ideas and theories to complement your practical experience. The trick is to combine the both methods of thinking.

If you make the effort to develop an understanding of the broader aspects of your work it will be easier for you to solve the sort of problems that are part and parcel of the new economy.

We all have the capacity to think in this way, and with practice you will be able to improve in this area.

ISTU and stress

You will almost certainly become stressed with what you perceive to be too many rules and regulations.

You will often ignore or work around what you regard as excessive regulation.

If the rules are perceived as too restrictive you will probably leave the job.

If leaving is not an option it will be important for you to consider carefully the negative consequences of not playing by the rules.

This could help you to make better decisions about complying with the established procedures. It is likely that there are good reasons for the procedures involved and if you embrace these rules then much of the stress could disappear.

Because of your focus on action you may sometimes not communicate as well as you might, and this can leave colleagues in the dark about your intentions.

You should try to watch out for this and pay attention to communicating your intentions.

Emotional issues can cause you stress and you will generally go out of your way to avoid emotional confrontation.

Often you will try reason and logic to solve this sort of problem when a more heartfelt attitude would be more appropriate."

Reference: Career test aptitiude

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