Your next critical point on the journey determines how you like to work. Are you happiest working in teams, or alone? Do you enjoy motivating others? Or perfecting the details? The Birkman Career Style Summary quiz helps guide you through your work style and interests and into job responsibilities that fit you. Even with a career in mind, it can confirm that you’re on the right track.

As you’re gearing up for the journey to your new career, remember another tool for insight: your memories.

• Can you remember losing your sense of time when deeply engaged in an activity?
• Do you recall feeling highly alert, having the sense that you are performing better than ever?

This euphoric state is called “flow.” * People experience “flow” when they find a good fit, be it in work, chores, or play. By identifying moments or activities that gave you this sense in the past, you reveal skills and style elements that could also lead to a satisfying career. If you’d like, explore this concept further in Chapter 3 of the Princeton Review’s Guide to Your Career before you move on.

*Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly. Flow: the psychology of optimal experience. Harper & Row, New York, 1990.