See a photo of George, his bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4.
Q&A with George Dutch, Question 5:
Q:You provide readers of your book with the downloadable exercise,
Enjoyable Achievements and Autobiographical Events, and offer a resulting
“personalized, customized written JobJoy Report.” You also talk in the book
about your passion and skill for “analyz[ing] complex subjects, then
boil[ing] them down to a theme.” How did you develop this process and
determine that the components that go into the exercises would enable you to
“identify the specific details that are the essence of an Individual’s
Passion Pattern?”
A: Each life has integrity; that is, each life has a holistic pattern of
meaning to it, one that is consistent with plot, character, and theme if you will. There are many literary, psychological and spiritual tools that can be used in a scientific way to delve into the meaning of stories through an understanding of thoughts, feelings, moods, dreams, hopes, faith, love, memories, and so on. I learned about some of the tools that are used in literary criticism, in the writing of biographies, in the narration of case studies. Our stories can be mapped. We can identify and define landmarks in the terrain of meaning. These landmarks [like those pictured] have been fashioned by career practitioners over the past 50 years into a lexicon of key success factors relevant to work, such as talents and strengths, preferred subject matter, motivating situations, natural relating styles, and others. I studied these practitioners and undertook many career assessments to develop a methodology that made sense to me, as I tried to distinguish between similar concepts, such as aptitudes, skills, talents, strengths, traits, values, and so on.
Like plot and character in a story, these factors serve a central theme or Individual Passion Pattern — the key route to a destination of right work or jobfit. I bring my talents and passion for story analysis to this process. This is not a generic report that puts individuals into categories and
boxes. Human beings are more complex than simple labels that cannot capture
the complexities, nuances, and subtleties of a life. I love the uniqueness
of each individual, and I have a passion for leveraging their motivational
pattern into the world of work. Their unique pattern can be identified and
defined in simple but profound terms, then matched to specific jobs in
specific work settings that will recognize and reward an individual for what
they do naturally and effortlessly. After all, there are over 60,000 job
titles operating in our world of work, with new ones being created daily.
We are so fortunate to live in a part of the world that offers so much
opportunity. My clients use their customized reports to navigate through
career decisions. Like a map, my report gives clients a clear route to a
new destination of employment, or self-employment, or business building;
and, it provides them with a vocabulary to communicate with clarity and
confidence to others along the way. Career decisions are made easier. The
journey becomes the adventure it is meant to be!