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The article asks, “Are there six traits that could really mark out your potential to achieve?” I won’t detail them here; best to read the full article, which I found well-worth the time.

Key take-away: For a good many years the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) has been more or less the norm. Now there’s a new contender, the High Potential Trait Inventory (HPTI), based around six key traits.

Here’s the article: http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20180508-the-secrets-of-the-high-potential-personality

Here’s the link to the BBC story: Secrets of the high-potential personality

“Matching life experience with new careers” — article in NY Times

Michael McGaulley

"HEALTH navigator? Conflict coach? Pollution mitigation outreach worker? These
emerging jobs aren’t household terms yet, but they are a natural fit for older
people looking for new career opportunities, said Phyllis Segal, vice president
at Civic Ventures, a nonprofit research group based in San Francisco."

— That's the opening paragraph in Elizabeth Pope's article in the New York Times.

You might ask, "What does it have to do with the subject of this blog—Selling Face-to-Face?"

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“Losing ‘crappy job’ was author’s ticket to bliss.” Maybe your ticket, as well?

Michael McGaulley

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As I said in another posting today, in setting up this blog, SellingFaceToFace.com, I had in mind two readership poles: at one end people just going off on their own (voluntarily or after losing a steady job), and at the other sales pros looking for the kind of how-to sales tips they could glean from these pieces from the sales training courses I used to develop for big marketing firms.

In today's USA Today (Monday, April 15, 2011) I came on reviews of two books particularly apropos for those just going off on their own, perhaps as free-lancers, consultants, new business entrepreneurs, and the like. (Both reviews, I just realized, were by Kerry Hannon.)

EVIL PLANS: HAVING FUN ON THE ROAD TO WORLD DOMINATION, by Hugh MacLeod is about how he redirected his life and career (in multiple directions) after losing his job in advertising. I just saw the review today, haven't seen the actual book yet, so will leave you in the hands of Kerry Hannon and her fun review.

Link to review