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Passionate-Knowledge Inventory

Your skills show what you can do. Your knowledge shows what you know deeply — and care enough to keep learning. Let's map it.

You know a lot of things. But does any of it actually matter to the employers you want? We've clarified your skills (what you can do) and your style (how you do it). Now we add knowledge — what you know deeply that makes you valuable.

PASSION
What you're drawn to — curious about, motivated by, energized to keep learning.
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KNOWLEDGE
What you actually know — facts, ideas, context, and know-how you've earned.
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PASSIONATE-KNOWLEDGE
The deep areas you both know well and care about — your most leverageable career capital.

A quick grammar of your offer: skills are verbs (what you do) · style is the adjective (how you do it) · knowledge is the noun (what you know). This worksheet builds the noun.

5 activities, best done in order. You'll capture your passions, inventory what you've learned, sort it into your zone of genius, scan where it could live, and finish by prioritizing the 2–3 domains you'll lead with. Don't curate as you go — capture first, refine later.
1
Capture your passion
Passion Prompts

Answer honestly and don't aim for perfect — this is self-discovery, not a performance. Short notes are fine.

2
Capture your knowledge
Accrued Knowledge

Brainstorm everything you've learned — formal and informal. Be specific. If you're stuck, raid your Career Capital Audit, old resumes, or performance reviews.

Ryan, for example: a sociology degree (formal) plus years guiding outdoor trips (informal) — both count, and the informal often hides the most sellable knowledge.

Formal Education

Degrees, certificates, specialized training

Informal Learning

Online courses, books, podcasts, workshops

Work Experience

Knowledge gained on the job, industry training

Skills & Hobbies

What you've taught yourself through doing

Professional Development

Conferences, seminars, mentorship

Extracurricular & Life

Cultural experiences, languages, volunteering
3
Organize your knowledge
Content · Context · Procedural — and Genius

Knowledge comes in three types. Where all three overlap in one area, you reach your zone of genius — deep enough to solve hard problems and see what others miss.

Content Knowing that Context Knowing why Procedural Knowing how GENIUS your mastery
Content"Knowing that"
Subject matter you know — facts, topics, ideas gained through education, study, or work.
Context"Knowing why"
How a subject fits into the bigger picture — industries, markets, organizations, cultures.
Procedural"Knowing how"
How to actually perform tasks, run processes, and use the tools of the trade.
Geniuswhere the three overlap
The area where your content, context, and procedural knowledge meet — your expertise.
Content"Knowing that"
e.g. types of coffee beans, roasts, and how to prepare each
What subjects or topics do you know about?
What key ideas, theories, or principles do you understand?
What terms, jargon, or language of a field do you know?
How have your subjects or industries evolved — and what do you know about that history?
Context"Knowing why"
Which industries do you know — their norms, standards, and practices?
What do you know about customer behavior, competition, or the regulatory environment?
What do you understand about how organizations are structured, run, and motivated?
What do you know about how culture and globalization shape a field or its people?
Procedural"Knowing how"
What tasks or step-by-step procedures do you know how to complete?
What systems, tools, or technologies do you know how to use?
Whose day-to-day operations and functions do you understand?
What specific technical skills or tools can you operate?
Geniuswhere the three overlap
Look back across content, context, and procedural. Where do all three run deep in the same area? That intersection is your zone of genius — and your sharpest differentiator.
e.g. Ryan: "reading group dynamics and managing risk in active, outdoor settings."
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Where it could live
Fields, Occupations & Industries

Scan the career clusters below (organized by O*NET). Check any whole cluster that pulls you, and tap its sub-pathways to mark the specific ones worth exploring against your targets.

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Prioritize
The Passionate-Knowledge Grid

So far you've explored the breadth of what you know. Now clarify the depth. Add your knowledge areas, then place each one by weighing your expertise against your passion. Star anything relevant to your Week 3 targets.

Tip: add several at once. Then tap a chip to pick it up, and tap a quadrant to drop it.
Your added areas land here — tap one, then tap a quadrant.
Expertise →
Strong but Draining
high expertise · low passion — use sparingly
★ Your Genius Zone
high expertise · high passion — lead with this
Park It
low expertise · low passion — set aside for now
Passion to Develop
low expertise · high passion — your growth edge
Low Passion
High Passion →
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Put it to work
Your Top Passionate-Knowledge Domains

Pull your 2–3 strongest domains from the Genius Zone (and any starred areas). For each, name it, connect it to your targets, and anchor it with one piece of evidence from your Career Capital Audit.

Domain 1
Domain 2
Domain 3
Next up — 4.5: Fit Evaluation & Gap Analysis. We'll test all of it — skills, style, and knowledge — against your Week 3 targets. Come ready to share your top 2–3 domains and how they connect.
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Job Search Accelerator · Week 4: Career Capital · Lesson 4.4 — Passionate-Knowledge · Scott Treas, MA, LPC
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