| Different people like doing different things and | | | | have a certain personality type, which is represented |
| behave in different ways. Some people like the | | | | by four letters such as ENTJ. Each personality type is |
| outdoors, while others prefer staying indoors and | | | | different and has different behaviours, strengths, |
| reading a good book. One person might enjoy social | | | | weaknesses, likes, dislikes and so on. |
| gatherings and interacting with lots of people, while | | | | Different personalities are also suited for different |
| another might like more intimate settings like having | | | | careers. If you are wondering what careers are best |
| dinner with 1-2 close friends. | | | | for you, based on your personality, then "Do What |
| One way to describe and understand these | | | | You Are"is a good book for that. |
| differences is through the concept of Personality.The | | | | Broadly, the book covers the following topics |
| MBTI is a well-known instrument for insights into | | | | structure: |
| personality, which is based on the work of | | | | |
| psychiatrist Carl Jung. According to the MBTI, a | | | | 1. Explaining the different types of personality (based |
| person's personality can be described by their | | | | on the MBTI) |
| preferences in the four areas shown below: | | | | 2. Taking you through some exercises to arrive at |
| Favorite world: Do you prefer to focus on the outer | | | | your personality type |
| world or on your own inner world? This is called | | | | 3. Describing each personality type in detail, along with |
| Extraversion (E)vs. Introversion (I). | | | | strengths, weaknesses, typical career matches and a |
| Information: Do you prefer to focus on the basic | | | | few case studies of career choice/change |
| information you take in or do you prefer to interpret | | | | While it is a good book and I do recommend buying |
| and add meaning? This is called Sensing (S)vs. | | | | it, there are a few points to note: |
| Intuition (N). | | | | - The book covers only one aspect of career choice |
| Decisions: When making decisions, do you prefer to | | | | and decision making. Therefore it is not |
| first look at logic and consistency or first look at the | | | | comprehensive and does not take into account other |
| people and special circumstances? This is called | | | | areas such as interests, skills, values, goals, |
| Thinking (T)vs. Feeling (F). | | | | constraints and so on |
| Structure: In dealing with the outside world, do you | | | | - It is not 100% certain that you will arrive at an |
| prefer to get things decided or do you prefer to | | | | accurate personality type through the book. So don't |
| stay open to new information and options? This is | | | | take everything in there as though it is written in |
| called Judging (J)vs. Perceiving (P). | | | | stone. |
| Based on your preferences for each area, you will | | | | |