The Right Career Path For You
We have a choice to make in life. Either, life is random. Things just happen and we either have good luck or bad luck. Sometimes we end up in a good place and other times we end up in a bad place but we can’t do anything about it. We are helpless and are an effect of the world so we just better get as much as we can from it while we can.
The alternative position is that life is ordered. Everything happens for a purpose. There are no accidents. Despite what is happening all is in order. Within this worldview we realise that we all have unique and special talents by virtue of our individual neurological preferences. We are able to choose our thoughts, beliefs and actions and therefore can influence our results.
Let us assume then that every person is here for a purpose. Let’s assume that we all have a calling deep inside towards our ideal career path. Let us also assume that the neurological wiring that we have in our brain is our own unique signature and that wiring pattern is yearning to express itself in the occupational role that is best suited to it.
Too often a career path is decided upon by social and familial preferences. We suggest that a future direction for job/career/profession be based on what is right for us based on our in8model® preference.
Whether you are considering a career or you are hiring someone for your team or business make sure that you consider the neurological preferences that are represented in the in8model® in your choices.
To this end I have listed below a few common roles and careers under the subdivision of the 4 Quadrants and their relevant pairs. If you feel like you are stuck in a job that doesn’t do it for you, that doesn’t support you to let your light shine on the world then you may like to see what else may be suited to your Quadrant preferences.
For the sake of this exercise I have given the typical pairs that you would expect to find in a given role. This list is by no means complete but from it you will get a good idea of the vocational style of each Quadrant.
Q1/3 – Actor – Dancer – Sales – Bus and Coach Driver – Chiropractor – Cafe Worker – Waiter – Coach (Personal) – Conference and Event Planning –Demonstrator (Sales) – Designers – Web Designers – Window Dressers
Q1/4 – Entertainer – Advertising and Marketing Professional – Sales Manager – Architects and Landscape Architects – Artistic Director – Media Producer – Presenter – Auctioneer – Stock and Station Agent – Call or Contact Centre Worker – Car Salesperson – Coach (Sports) – Conference and Event Organisers – Marketing
Q 2/3 – Small business Accountant – Accounting Clerk – Mathematician – Agricultural and Forestry Scientist – Curator – Records Manager – Audiologist – Auditors – Company Secretary – Author (or 1/3 depending on genre)- Book and Script Editor – Medical practitioner – Bank Worker – Biologist – Bookkeepers – Cabinetmaker – Surveyor – Chemist – Draftsperson – Technician – Cleaner – Clerk – Conveyance – Medical & Dental Practitioners – Manager – Receptionist – Web Developer
Q 2/4 – Actuary – Statistician – Paramedic – Anaesthetist – Analyst Programmer – Building and Construction Manager – Chief Finance Officer – Computer Network Professional – Librarians – Personal Assistant – Judge
Q 3/1 – Flight attendant – Indigenous Health Worker – Aerobics Instructor – Alternative Health Practitioner – Plant operator – Bar Attendant – Barista – Beauty Therapist – Construction Worker (Rough work) – Cook – Counsellor – Labourer
Q 3/2 – Acupuncturist – Aged and Disabled Carer – Agricultural Technician – Aircraft Maintenance Engineer – Animal Attendant and Trainer – Electrician – Butcher – Baker – Barber – Boat Builder – Boilermaker – Bricklayer and Stonemason – Car Detailer – Carer – Carpenters and Joiner – Flight Attendant – Janitor – Midwife
Q 4/1 – Fitness and Sports Centre Manager – Bank Manager – Cafe and Restaurant Manager – Short distance athlete – Chef – Door-to-door Sales Presenter – Comedian
Q 4/2 – Architectural, Building & Surveying Technicians – Barrister – Professor – Endurance athlete – Chief Executive – Managing Director – Lawyer
This list will give you a sense for the careers, occupations and roles that are suited to the various Quadrant combinations. Have a look at your Quadrant preferences and see if you are on the right career path for your behaviours. It’s amazing how many people are not.
