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Here is a powerful question. If your project was spectacularly successful, who would be celebrating? Try making a list of the people, groups and organisations. Many of these people might be useful allies now!

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Choosing work

The following list occupations will help you decide what sort of work is right for you. Assume that you have the necessary qualifications and training and can do the work. Take pairs of occupations and decide which one you would prefer. Make a note of why you have chosen it. Continue for as many pairs as you wish. When you have finished examine the reasons you have given to discover what is important for you in choosing work.

When you make your choice, try to choose the positive reason why you prefer one occupation to another. This will give you more useful information than focusing on rejecting the one you don't like. Choose fairly quickly, it is OK to have several criteria of choice, so don't force yourself to be consistent.

A brief example should make this clearer.

Occupations	Choice	Reason(s)	Comment
Bookmaker or Bricklayer	Bricklayer	Adding real value
Politician or Post person	Politician	Challenge, variety
Shopkeeper or Singer	Singer	Able to move people, get applause
*A random list of occupations*
Occupation	Choice	Reason	Comments
Actor/Actress
Baker
Bookmaker
Bricklayer
Burglar
Bus driver
Butcher
Candle stick maker
Car salesperson
Clerk
Computer programmer
Croupier
Dentist
Doctor
Doctors receptionist
Farmer
Electrician
Fashion buyer
Fighter pilot
Film Producer
Financial Analyst
Footballer
Forester
Gardener
Graphic artist
Grave Digger
Hairdresser
Holiday Rep
Journalist
Lecturer
Machine tool operator
Management consultant
Market Gardener
Marketing manager
Mechanic
Member of Parliament
Model
Nurse
Painter
Plumber
Police Officer
Politician
Post person
Priest
Publican
Publisher
Racing car driver
Refuse Collector
Restaurant Owner
Sailing instructor
Sales representative
Schoolteacher
Shop Assistant
Shopkeeper
Singer
Soldier
Spy
Stockbroker
Surgeon
Taxi Driver
Thatcher
Trapeze Artist
Undertaker
Vet
Welder
Wrestler
Writer

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I am entirely happy for you to use or draw on any these materials in any way you think will be helpful. I am keen to have my work, and the work of the people I have learned from, used. Please give a link back to http://www.nickheap.co.uk/ or to nicholas.heap@ntlworld.com. This will help these positive ideas to spread.

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The language on this site is correct UK English throughout. There are differences in spelling and meaning between UK and US English. The context should make the material understandable in the US.

Further Information
There are free articles, exercises, designs, book references and links to other sources about many aspects of personal, team, management and organisation development on this website. I will add other resources as I learn what you want.

Contacting me
You can phone +44 1707 886553, Skype, or email nicholas.heap@ntlworld.com. I will be pleased to hear from you.

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