Six questions and two weeks to personal clarity

I've been away for a while ... literally and figuratively! It's funny how life has a way of consuming your time if you're not careful.

I just read a very good book by Ernie Zelinski called Career Success Without a Real Job: The Career Book for People Too Smart to Work in Corporations. He's got some great advice in there about how to find your passion and launch a career that is both satisfying and lucrative.

If you're struggling to figure out what you should be doing for a living, use the following six questions that appear in Ernie's book to help you sort it out. I recommend that you create a document with these questions listed and add to it every day for two weeks. Spend just five minutes reflecting on the events or your day every day for 14 days. Add new information to your answers under each question. After two weeks, set aside 30 minutes to review the whole set of questions and answers. I think you will find a very clear picture of who you are and what you love to do.

Here are Ernie's questions:

1) What am I good at?
2) What are my strengths and weaknesses?
3) Which talents and accomplishments do others give me compliments for?
4) Which talents and strengths would I like to use and improve in a career?
5) Who does the kind of work I would like to do?
6) What work would I do for free just for the enjoyment?

Let us know what you discover.