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Table of Contents
Chapter 6
A Business of Your Own .............................. 132
Your Own Business ........................................133
Retail Businesses....................................................133
Service Businesses ................................................134
Do You Want to Be an Entrepreneur? ...........135
Planning a Business .......................................136
Financial Considerations ........................................137
Types of Business Organizations ...................139
Sole Proprietorship .................................................139
Partnership ..............................................................140
Corporation ..............................................................140
Part Three
Making Plans for
Career Success ..........................144
Chapter 7
Learning About Yourself .............................. 146
The Importance of Knowing Yourself ............147
Examining the Real You ..........................................147
Your Personality .............................................147
Your Self-Concept ..........................................149
Forming and Changing Your Self-Concept ...........150
Your Interests .................................................150
People .......................................................................151
Data...........................................................................151
Objects .....................................................................151
The Three A’s ................................................152
Your Attitude—Positive or Negative? ....................152
Your Aptitudes and Abilities ..................................153
Learning Styles ..............................................154
Your Values ....................................................155
How to Evaluate Yourself...............................156