Passion and Purpose: How to Identify and Leverage the Powerful Patterns That Shape Your Work/Life
Author: Marlys Hanson, Merle E. Hanson, Arthur F. Miller Jr.
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ISBN: 0971721548
Publisher: Pathfinder Press (April, 2002)
Sales Rank: 246,615
Average Customer Rating: 4.9 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 5 out of 5
Douglas K. Cudworth, M.S., UND Graduate Student
This book is an excellent guide to selecting the appropriate
career pathway that applies only to the individual concerned about his or her future endeavors in life. The work provides real life examples to illustrate how people have correctly adjusted their careers utilizing the principles put forth by
Hansons and Associates. This career reference is very readable
and may well create a lifetime of fulfillment for a great many persons.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Best Resource...
Well, if you're job-hunting or career-searching or mission-anguishing, this is the best resource to work with the Miller Motivated Abilities model. I've worked with Marlys in person twice, once as corporate-employed and once as self-employed. So you can tell I like the model which is a great balance to the Myers Briggs approach. How do you REALLY like to operate verus how do you THINK you're supposed to operate? Once you see that, things go "clunk" and you say OHHH! so THAT'S what happened with that job / that boss / that person / that project etc.The book gives you the complete method and context, all that's missing is Marlys' personal read, but hey you'll have to email her for that. She has a web site but what I liked most about the book was I could work through the whole process sitting at Starbuck's.
There are several other books detailing Miller's model with him as contributing author. Marlys' treatment is the most complete, self-contained, and usable.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Very Useful Resource, Highly Recommended
I read Arthur Miller's books and thought them to be excellent. His view of "giftedness" and design really made sense to me looking at my personal history.As much as I enjoyed Miller's books, I needed something practical to accompany it. I found "Passion and Purpose" to be just that. It gave me a superb framework to map out the necessary data and analyse it. One result: understanding my motivation payoff, a major "ah-ha" for me, and something I doubt I would have come to on my own.
The section pertaining to analysis I found to be particularly helpful. It assisted me to be both throrough and quick. Several subseqent sections that help work through a "Best-Fit" scenario and team design I also found extremely useful.
I would say that "Passion and Purpose" is a wonderful companion to Miller's books and/or as a stand alone work on giftedness. It believe it will really help you to identify and maximize your natural design, motivations and abilities, and ultimatley lead to a more impactful and fulfilling work life.
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