This document provides a guide to finding meaningful work by discovering one's personal "forte." It introduces the concept of a forte as the intersection of why, how, and what - one's purpose, personal values/traits, and skills/experience. The guide is divided into six sections to help the reader define these areas for themselves and find work that fits their forte. Section two focuses on defining one's "hows" or natural tendencies, values, and ideal work environment through exercises involving personality tests, reviews of past jobs and education, and identifying core values. This will lay the groundwork for discovering one's "why" or core purpose and motivation in section three. Ultimately, the FORTE method aims to help

1. FIND YOUR FORTE
The how-to guide for finding meaningful work.
©Copyright Edwin Jansen. All rights reserved.

2. Guide to the Guide
Section One
What is ‘Finding Your Forte’ all about?
Section Two
Define your HOW’s
Section Three
Discover your WHY
Section Four
Capture your WHAT’s
Section Five
Use your Forte to find (or create) your DREAM JOB
Section Six
Other things to assist your adventure

3. What is ‘Finding your Forte’ all about?
Section One

4. Find your FORTE
Everyone wants to do meaningful work. But the sad reality is that the
vast majority of people don’t love their jobs.
But you aren’t going to spend your life as one of those people. You
realize that if you could just figure out what you’re really looking for in
a dream job, then you will throw everything you got into it.
Finding your FORTE is the first step towards loving your work. Because
you probably need to know what you love before you can love it.
The FORTE concept is simple. It’s the intersection of three simple
questions: WHY? HOW? WHAT?
When you figure out the answers to these questions, you have found
your FORTE. And that’s when the magic starts to happen.

5. Alignment of Intrinsic Drivers = your FORTE
WHY
The difference I want to make
PURPOSE
FORTE
HOW WHAT
Personal values & traits Aptitude, skills, & exp.
AUTONOMY MASTERY

6. A job that fits your FORTE makes you a great candidate
WHY
The difference I want to make
PURPOSE
Most Most
Creative Dedicated
FORTE
HOW High
WHAT
Personal values & traits Quality Aptitude, skills, & exp.
AUTONOMY Work MASTERY

7. A job that is not your FORTE is a FAIL
WHY
The difference I want to make
PURPOSE
EPIC FAIL EPIC FAIL
Ability Happiness
FAIL FAIL
FORTE
HOW Meaning WHAT
Personal values & traits FAIL Aptitude, skills, & exp.
AUTONOMY MASTERY
EPIC FAIL

8. Example: Edwin’s Forte
My purpose is to challenge & coach the
ambitious yet unfulfilled, to do meaningful
work, so that the institution of business lives up
to it’s potential, and more people find
happiness, success & fulfillment. AREAS SKILLS/TALENTS
WHY Marketing
Communications
People Mgmt.
Leadership
Career Coaching Biz Strategy
Org. Dev. Content Mktg.
Social Media Influencing
Entrepreneurship Presenting
Sales Team Building
FORTE Business Dev. Brainstorming
Sustainability Purpose Dev.
HOW WHAT
Make a Difference (impact, altruism)
Find the Insight (wisdom, truth)
Get it Started (initiate, empowered)
Challenge & Change (innovate)
Coach the Team (collaborate, mentor)

9. The FORTE Roadmap of Questions
My purpose in life is to [actions I do, for who or what] so that [the value or difference created]
What ideal future do I want What bigger difference do I
to contribute to? VISION CAUSES want to be a part of?
WHY
What are life’s truths? What needs of others do I
BELIEFS SERVICE love to serve?
What are my What am I great
tendencies when at?
I’m at my best? FORTE
TRAITS TALENTS
What is most
important to
me?
VALUES HOW WHAT SKILLS What can I do?
ENVIRONMENT KNOWLEDGE What do I know and
In what type of setting
and role am I at my how is it useful?
best?

10. Start with the Intrinsic
By the way, two books, Start with Why by Simon Sinek, and Drive, by Dan Pink,
were tremendously influential in creating the FORTE concept.
I see a connection between their ideas of the value of Purpose (Sinek) and the value
of Intrinsic Motivation (Pink). If you align your work with your WHY, HOWs, and
WHATs you will be happy, successful and fulfilled – it is meaningful work.
Meaningful Work aligns with intrinsic motivators:
Why? Believes in the Purpose/Meaning of the work
How? Autonomy to apply their personal values & traits
What? Has the skills & experience to Master the job

11. How to get the most outta this
1. Do the How, Why, What sections in that order. This could save you a lot of time,
because understanding your How’s can be the quickest way to finding your Why.
It’s ok to skip some exercises, in fact I recommend you skip some if you already
have the answers for yourself, but don’t skip ahead to the next section until you
are satisfied with your Conclusions, which you’ll reach at the end of each of the
three discovery sections (How, Why, What).
2. Start a workbook to track all your answers to each of the exercises. This could be
paper based or digital, it doesn’t matter. Just make sure all your insights are in one
place so you can easily look back and review. Ultimately, Finding your Forte is
about synthesizing the information you discover about yourself.
3. Review your Conclusions with a friend or hire a life coach to help. Why? Because
most of us have a really tough time seeing ourselves. We lie to ourselves. We don’t
ask ourselves the really tough questions. We don’t see the underlying patterns. We
confuse who we feel pressure to be with who we really are. So find a friend who
wants to do this too. Both of you commit to doing the exercises and then review
your Conclusions with each other. Your role as a coach should simply be to keep
digging deeper (just ask Why), help identify the patterns, and call BS when you see
it.

12. Define your HOWs
Section Two
HOWs are the actions you are taking, and environment
you are in, when you are at your best. In this section you’ll
discover your natural tendencies and values, as well as
your ideal working environment and role on a team..

13. Define your HOW’s
The best way to define your HOWs is to do some exercises that
will determine your:
TRAITS: your natural dispositions and tendencies to act.
VALUES: the things you put importance on when making decisions.
ENVIRONMENT: your ideal place, role, team, culture, etc.
We’ll start off by investigating your TRAITS through the use of
two personality tests. This is an easy way to get started with a lot
of self-awareness data all at once.

14. TRAITS: Two Psychometric Assessments
Personality Tests are technically called Psychometric Assessments. You
might have taken one before, as they are commonly used by guidance
counsellors and in job screening processes.
After taking dozens of these tests myself I would recommend two to
kickoff your HOWs discovery process:
Myers-Briggs: this is one of the grand-daddies of Psychometric tests.
It’s based on the theories of Carl Jung, and was originally created in
the 1960’s. The test is designed to measure people’s preferences and
how they see the world. Because it is largely accurate and so widely
used and referenced, this can be very valuable in both understanding
and explaining your HOW’s.
Pro.file Performance System (PPS): this is a behavioural employment
assessment created by Concord Consulting that we use in our
recruitment process to better understand “person to job” fit. The
output report also provides valuable insights into your HOW’s,
including a visual representation of your tendencies.

15. Example: Edwin’s Myers Briggs
The output of
the Myers-
Briggs is a four
letter code.
Strong preference of Extraversion over Introversion (78%)
Distinctive preference of Intuition over Sensing (75%)
Moderate preference of Feeling over Thinking (50%)
Slight preference of Perceiving over Judging (11%)

16. Example: Edwin’s PPS

17. Take the Myers-Briggs Test
Go here to take a free Myers-Briggs test: http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp
Make sure to write down what your percentage score was in each of the four areas.
For example:
 Strong preference of Extraversion over Introversion (78%)
 Distinctive preference of Intuition over Sensing (75%)
 Moderate preference of Feeling over Thinking (50%)
 Slight preference of Perceiving over Judging (11%)
There are a number of great reports and descriptions on this site, but once you know
your four letter code (e.g. ENFP for me), then you can find many other descriptions
and insights.
Here are some other sites to check out once you know your type:
 https://www.personalitymax.com/personality-types
 http://www.16personalities.com/ (also has another free version of the test)
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers-Briggs_Type_Indicator
Or Google your four letter code + Personality Type and see what you find…

18. Take the Pro.File Performance System (PPS)
Go here to take the survey:
http://www.profileperformancesystem.com/survey.html?SL=32733
(click that you are applying for a position, although you won’t be
Within 24 hours of completing the test, you will receive a copy of
the results via email, and I will get cc’ed.
The visual on the first page needs some explanation, so instead
of trying to figure it out, use the visual on the final page, which
has more thorough explanations of the continuum of answers.
If you have any questions, or don’t receive the results, email me:
edwin.jansen@ianmartin.com

19. Exercise: Myers Briggs & PPS Learnings (TRAITS)
1. Review all the outputs from your assessments and take notes
on the statements that are particularly true for you.
2. Go through your notes and capture the patterns and themes
that emerge. What keeps coming up? Which words are often
used? What is most consistent?
3. Answer these questions:
 How would you describe the situations where you are at your best?
 How do you like to work?
 What kinds of people do you love to work with?
 What is your ideal role on a team?
 What is your communication style?
 How do you make decisions?
 What are your strengths?
 What are not ideal situations for you? (weaknesses, blindspots, etc)

20. Exercise: Career Review
1. List all the jobs, roles or major projects that you have done.
2. In detail describe the roles or projects that you enjoyed the most.
• What were you doing? What was so great?
• What are the best teams you were a part of? What were they like?
• What did the environment have to do with your enjoyment?
• Describe the specific activities where you were in “flow” (the challenge and skill
required were equally high), and time flew by.
• Any times when you refused to quit, even you easily could or should have?
3. Describe the roles or projects where you had to exert a lot of extra effort to
get the job done (or you were just plain miserable).
• Consider the opposite of each of the questions above and describe in detail what it
was about those jobs that wasn’t a fit for YOU specifically.
• What would you have needed to add/change to make it work well for you?
4. Review: What did all the best and worst situations have in common? Make a
list of the positive and negative reoccurring attributes.

21. Exercise: School Review
Think of the final few years of the highest education that you
completed and answer these questions:
 What did you really love learning about? Why?
 How did you change during this time?
 Who did you really enjoy spending time with? What was it about them
that you liked?
 When did you feel like you belonged, and when didn’t you?
 What were the most memorable or enjoyable experiences?
 What action words / verbs best describe you then?
 What did you do during this time that you are proud of?
 What beliefs did you develop during this time?
 What themes or patterns emerge when you look at your answers?

22. Exercise: ENVIRONMENT
A factor of your HOWs is what type of environment you love to work
in. Write down the essential things that REALLY make a difference to
your happiness (or unhappiness) at work.
Here are some areas to consider:
• People: Work alone, small team, large team, varied
• Size: Entrepreneur, small, medium or large org
• Speed: Slow paced, medium, fast
• Processes: Rule bound, flexible, or high rate of change/unstable
• Structure: Degree of structure to the role: significant, modest, loose
• Visual Surroundings (office, dress code): formal, casual, creative, etc.
• Manager Style: Supervisor, Trainer, Coach, Delegator, Hands-off, etc.
• Location: office close, work from home, on the road, frequent travel
• Role on a Team: Take this free test to mine for more insights:
http://www.123test.com/team-roles-test/

23. VALUES
VALUES are the factors that people place the most importance on
in the choices they make. Because they are rooted in experience,
and not theory, VALUES are best determined in a review of actions,
answering the question – what did your choices tell you about
what you value?
Health Flavour
Discipline New Experiences
Body Image Pleasure

24. Exercise: Look at My Life (VALUES)
Imagine you are 90 years old, sitting on a rocking chair on your porch.
You are pleased with the wonderful life you have led. Looking back at all that
you’ve achieved, all the relationships you’ve developed, all the things you’ve
done…
1. What matters to you most? What made life worthwhile? What were the
highlights? List out at least 15 things before you move on.
2. What are VALUES associated with each thing you listed?
(e.g. family, accomplishment, relationships, love, success, meaning)
3. Which of these VALUES are unique to you? Which ones wouldn’t be on
most lists?
4. How would you rank these VALUES by importance?

25. Exercise: Two Values Assessments
There are two tests you can access online which will help you to
clarify your values. For each, it is critical that you answer based
on how you act, not on how you wish you’d act.
1. Pavlina’s Test: a head-to-head comparison of a large list of
values originally compiled by the author Steve Pavlina. Make
sure you don’t select more than 10-15 values before it asks
you to compare them to each other or you’ll be at it all day.
http://www.douglaswagoner.com/ValueTest1.php
2. The Rokeach Value Survey (RVS): a classification system of 36
values developed by social psychologist Milton Rokeach in
the 1970’s. Follow the instructions and remember to think
about your actions and decisions made in the past.
http://summitcounselingassociates.com/Rokeach%20Value%20Survey.pdf

26. Conclusions: HOWs
1. Review the outputs from all your exercises in the HOWs section (Traits,
Values, Environment) and capture any patterns or themes that emerge.
e.g. Theme 1 = Organizing activities, Theme 2 = accomplish something difficult with others
2. Go through the list of patterns and themes and combine the items which
are similar into groups of HOW statements.
e.g. Organize people and tasks to accomplish something difficult as a team
3. For each HOW statement pick out the key action word(s) which really
resonate with you.
e.g. Teamwork, Challenge
4. Get the list down to 5-7 statements by combining similar ones together,
or eliminating any which you could still be happy without.
5. Get creative and brainstorm a tagline for each HOW statement that
makes it memorable and emotionally resonating for you.
e.g. Orchestrate Mission Impossible (Teamwork, Challenge)

27. Discover your WHY
Section Three
This is the most elusive and difficult of the three Discovery
sections. Here you’ll discover what your life’s driving
motivation is. Some people call it your Purpose. Or your
Calling. Or your reason for being. Or just… WHY.

28. Exercise: Mine your HOWs
You shouldn’t begin the WHY section until you have your 5-7 HOW statements
and action words (so if you don’t have them yet, stop here and go back).
1. Carefully read each of your HOWs, thinking about all the context and
background of each of them.
 If you had to pick just one of the HOWs that you absolutely couldn’t live without,
which would it be? Do you get emotional imagining life without it?
 Which of the HOWs relate to challenges you have had to face in your own life?
 Is there one HOW statement that is more of a driving force (an end), rather than an
instrument (means), throughout many of your best experiences?
2. The big difference between your HOWs and your WHY is that the HOWs are
conditions (actions, environment) for you to be at your best, and your WHY is
the driving force (cause, beliefs, desired end result) behind the actions. If some
of these questions are making you think that one of your HOWs is actually part
of your WHY, then good news – that’s the shortcut we’re looking for! Write this
down, but don’t let the idea color your work in the next exercises. Keep an
open mind for more discoveries.

29. Exercise: SERVICE
Service: the personal needs of others that you are often attracted to
serve.
What are 3 ways your friends would say that you help them? What do
you give or add to their lives?
What are the things that you are often recommending to people
proactively? Why?
Imagine it’s your funeral and each person closest to you is asked to tell
a story of how you helped them. What stories are they telling? What is
a reoccurring service you are providing?
Think about the 3 people you admire most in the world. What is the
main way that each of them helps others?
Summary: Look at all your notes and list the most common 2-5 needs
that you help others with and how you serve those needs.

30. Exercise: SERVICE in Maslow’s Hierarchy
What stage(s) of Maslow’s hierarchy do your 2-5 top needs best correspond
with? This is the area that your WHY exists in.

31. Exercise: CAUSES
Causes: a large issue to be solved, or opportunity to be capitalized on, that requires an
organized, multi-person effort.
What are occasions where you became especially OUTRAGED or INSPIRED about an
issue or opportunity. For each, what was the larger CAUSE it was connected to?
AND/OR
If you could grant any three wishes to solve any issue, maximize any opportunity, or
right any wrong, what would you use them for? What CAUSE do they connect to?
In your life so far, what are your greatest accomplishments?
 What difference did this make? What is the higher level CAUSEit connects to?
What do you need to have accomplished to have lived a life without regrets?
 What larger CAUSE do these things connect to?
You have $1M to spend on charity/cause OR 1 year to volunteer. Where do you spend it
and why? What larger CAUSE is this in service of?
Summary: Read through your notes. What are the 1-2 most important CAUSES to you?

32. Exercise: CAUSE selection
Imagine you are Royalty and you have to select 1-3 areas to invest a large amount of
your personal time and energy. Which of these areas would you dedicate your life to
improving? Why?
Agriculture & Farming Healthcare
Animal Welfare Hospitality
Arts & Entertainment Human Rights & Social Justice
Children & Youth Knowledge & Information
Climate Change Law, Policy & Property Rights
Community Development Media
Cultural Heritage Organizational Development
Democracy & Voting Peace, War & Security
Developing World Poverty Eradication
Economic Development Quality of Life
Education & Training Relationships & Connection
Energy and/or Natural Resources Religion
Environmental Sustainability Special Interests (handicapped, men, women, seniors, etc)
Entreprenurialism Sports & Fitness
Food & Nourishment Technology, Productivity & Innovation
Globalization Travel & Transportation
Government, Politics & Int. Affairs Work & Employment

33. Exercise: Leisure Time
What leisure time activities:
 Do you spend the most time doing?
 Could you not live without doing?
 Bring you the deepest satisfaction?
 Really make you feel alive?
 Do you use to decompress or relax?
 Are ‘productive’ things that you actually enjoy doing?
Summary: Review your notes and keep asking “Why is that
important?” and “What difference does that make?”

34. Exercise: VISION
VISION: your imagined view of an idealized future. It is how you
think the world around you should be.
Your task is to richly describe your VISION by finishing one of the
two sentences below. Be sure to describe:
 The change you most want to see
 The benefits of this change and why people should care
 The role you want to play in the change
“I imagine a world where…”
or
“I want to turn 60 and celebrate…”
(what do you really want to have done and what difference did that make)

35. Exercise: BELIEFS
Beliefs: the convictions that we hold to be true, although we don't have much (or any)
actual proof.
Look at your notes from the exercises for CAUSES, SERVICE & VALUES (from the HOWs
section). What BELIEFS can you deduce from them?
What are the mottos or principles that you always say? Favorite quotes? What do you
share on social media? What BELIEFS are related to them?
What would people say makes you unique in the way you view the world? What
unique BELIEFS create these views?
What ideas have changed your life? What BELIEFS were behind these ideas?
Think of the tough times you’ve been through. What BELIEFS did you draw strength
from?
What are your greatest fears and what BELIEFS help you to deal with them?
Summary: List out as many of your core BELIEFS as possible in snappy, memorable
language. e.g. for a BELIEF in Karma: What goes around, comes around.

36. Conclusions: WHY
Your WHY statement will fit into this structure: My purpose in life is to [actions I do,
for who or what] so that [the value or difference created].
1. Focus just on the first part of the WHY statement and review the outputs from
all your exercises in the WHY section. Make notes on reoccurring themes and
patterns and capture the area of your Why.
2. Identify a list of key action words and verbs that emotionally resonate with
you. (e.g. Edwin’s = coach, challenge, inspire)
3. Identify and describe your core customer, audience, or group. (e.g. Edwin’s =
the ambitious, yet unfulfilled)
4. Start writing possible statements that complete that first line: “My purpose in
life is to…” and don’t stop trying until you hit on a line that you feel strong
about emotionally. It could take as much as an hour, or as little as 20 minutes.
Don’t stop writing until it hits you.
5. Review your VISION exercise to answer the “so that” part of the sentence.
Answer what larger difference working on your WHY connects to, and what
makes that so important.
6. Celebrate! 99% of people never figure out what their calling is, and you just
did. And now you know what to do.

37. Capture your WHATs
Section Four
Your perfect job utilizes your strengths. It is work that you
can be world class at doing. In this section you will describe
your true talents, learned skills and acquired knowledge.

38. Exercise: TALENTS
Talents: the things (actions, activities, aptitudes) that you are naturally good at doing.
1. List all of your TALENTS:
• List 5-10 things you are frequently praised for or complimented on by others.
• List 5-10 things that you do well or come easy to you.
• List 5 examples where you exceeded expectations, and then which talent most
created that success.
2. Rank your Top 5 TALENTS:
Eliminate the similar or redundant talents and then list them across the top of a page.
Then score each from 1-3 (low-med-high) according to the questions below.
Questions Example
Does it come easily to you? 2
Do you get great results? 3
Are you often praised for it? 2
Are you still improving at it? 1
Do you look forward to using it? 2
TOTAL SCORES 10

39. Exercise: SKILLS
Skills: The jobs you have had are less important than the skills you developed through
your experiences & projects.
1. Experience Skills
Brainstorm projects or experiences you’ve had, and then list the specific skills you
developed during that time.
Project/Experience:_______________Skills:__________________________________
Project/Experience:_______________Skills:__________________________________
Project/Experience:_______________Skills:__________________________________
Project/Experience:_______________Skills:__________________________________
Project/Experience:_______________Skills:__________________________________
Go here for a more detailed description of this exercise, with example:
http://www.careers.utoronto.ca/myCareer/resumeInterview/_SkillsSurveyExercise.pdf
2. Technical Skills
Now list any specific technical or work-output related skills (e.g. graphic design,
coding, video) that you have learned or acquired.

40. Exercise: Knowledge
Knowledge: the information you have retained and can put to good
use, typically because you are interested in the subject.
Describe your knowledge and interests:
 What do you know more about than just about anyone you know?
 What topics fascinate you? What are you especially curious about?
 What subjects do you gravitate to? What can you discuss endlessly?
 What are the sites or magazines that you can’t stop reading?
 If you could get to know five famous people, who would they be and what you
want to know from them?
 What do you love to imagine or think about?
 In what areas do you find you have great creative ideas?
 What do you remember the most about from school?
 In what areas have you learned a lot from in your work?
Summary: List the subject areas where you have significant knowledge
and a genuine curiosity to continue your learning in.

41. Conclusions: WHATs
1. Review the outputs from all your exercises in the WHATs
section (Talents, Skills, Knowledge) and create two lists:
 Fields & Subject Areas
Edwin’s Example:
 Skills & Talents
AREAS SKILLS/TALENTS
Marketing People Mgmt.
2. Narrow down the list to 10 or less Communications Leadership
 Which do you love to do the most? Career Coaching Strategy Dev.
Org. Dev. Content Mktg.
 Which are most marketable?
Social Media Influencing
 Which are you best at? Entrepreneurship Presenting
 Which do you have the most exp in? Sales Team Building
 Which can you not live without? Business Dev. Brainstorming
Sustainability Inspiring

42. Use your Forte to find (or create) your
DREAM JOB
Section Five

43. Exercise: Make PROPOSALS
Proposals: Instead of waiting for a job to be available at a great organization,
PROPOSALS look to create work by showing what your Forte can do.
1. Brainstorm and research online at least 20 companies, organizations, new biz
ventures, partnerships, etc that do work which aligns with your WHY.
2. Narrow your list to your top 3 choices – places you would LOVE to work.
3. Research the heck out of the 3 choices, looking for their issues & opportunities,
using any source you can think of (press releases, blogs, twitter, inside sources, etc:
4. Then for each of the 3:
• Research their key people online and through social media
• Step into THEIR shoes and list all the issues, pains, needs or opportunities you see
• Brainstorm multiple ways you could help with each one, using your FORTE
5. Pick your 2-3 best proposal ideas and get a second opinion on whether they meet
all the points on the checklist on the following page.
6. Get creative for how you make initial contact and deliver your proposal. Consider
sending a teaser of value first, before you deliver the proposal.
7. Be persistent, not annoying. Remember to always add value when interacting, like:
• Promote what they are doing to your network
• Introduce them to people who could help them
• Send them articles/videos/books you think they would like

44. PROPOSALS Checklist
Before you send it, make sure your Proposal…
 Is all about THEM (not you)
 Shows off your FORTE
 Is truly VALUABLE (think of it from their shoes)
 Is easy to say YES to (the less they need to do or invest, the better)
 Is a PLEASURE for you to do (even if you don’t get any work after)
 Connects to a way to make MONEY (should lead to work that pays)

45. Buy this eBook and Rewrite your Resume
an eBook from Simon Sinek
http://www.startwithwhy.com/ProductDetails/tabid/95/CategoryID/9/ProductID/41/Default.aspx

48. Other things to assist your
ADVENTURE
Section Six

49. Exercise: Living Your FORTE
Daily Life Friends & Family
 What tasks or activities should  Who should you spend more time
you do more or less of? with because they help you live your
 What habits should you break or Why?
create?  Who should you spend less time
 What are your ‘resolutions’ about with? Or what limits should you put
how to live your Why? in place?
 How does your Why connect to  Who would you like to develop
your work goals and Leap? How relationships with?
can you view these goals from the  What can you do to help people
POV of aligning with your around you in the area of your Why?
Purpose?

50. Exercise: RESONATING ART
Resonating Art: any type of art which aligns and therefore resonates with our Forte.
Resonating art creates inspiration or another powerful emotion, and surrounding
ourselves with it can help us stay aligned with our Forte.
What are your favorite movies, music, TV shows, books, plays, paintings, etc
Which ones gave you an emotional reaction? How does this relate to your FORTE?
Which ones do you remember vividly, or still think about? How are you better for it?
Which ones have characters or subject matter that you deeply identify with?
What visuals or symbols inspire or remind you of your FORTE?
Action: do your best to continually experience your RESONATING ART, whether it’s
listening to the songs, having the pictures around, or reading the book often.

51. Books that help
Seth Godin: Poke the Box, The Dip & We are all Weird
Simon Sinek: Start with Why & Stand Out (eBook)
Daniel Pink: A Whole New Mind and Drive
Randy Pausch: The Last Lecture
Julien Smith: The Flinch (free eBook)
Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow

52. Videos that’ll inspire
Sir Ken Robinson: Changing Education Paradigm (video)
Dan Pink, Drive RSA talk
Simon Sinek, Start with Why TEDx talk
Charlie Hoehn, Recession Proof Grad TEDx
Randy Pausch: The Last Lecture video

53. Real Examples
Mustache-guy wants a job at Google
His journey to a dream job
Charlie Hoehn becomes ‘the Recession-Proof Graduate’
Slideshare
Melissa Alvares (a friend of mine) proposal to G Adventures
Job Proposal Video

54. Where to Catch Me
I’d love to hear from anyone
who is using this guide to find
their Forte…
Email
Edwin.Jansen@ianmartin.com
Twitter
@EdwinJnsn
Blog
www.mouvment.com
Ideally you would catch me Kiteboarding,
although it’s kinda hard to talk then…