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Not pay enough attention to important facts and details

Make decisions based on your gut instinct, rather than on hard facts

Be uncomfortable disciplining employees or dealing with unhappy customers

Get frazzled when problems or situations arise unexpectedly

Become anxious when rushed or forced to juggle several tasks at once

Potential Blind Spots - You may have a tendency to

Able to understand the big picture, discern patterns and see trends

Someone who can focus all your attention and concentrate on one task at a time

Planful, organized and driven to meet your goals and deadlines

Perceptive about people and a good communicator

Full of integrity and inspire respect and loyalty in others

Potential Strengths - You are likely to be

While every individual is unique, people who share the same Personality Type are remarkably similar in many important ways. This Franchisee Type Profile identifies your potential Strengths and Blind Spots. Pay close attention to these, as well as your Success Strategies - they can greatly increase your odds of being a successful franchisee.

INFJs are sensitive, committed, hardworking, and perceptive people with deep feelings, integrity and strong convictions. They are often excellent listeners, skilled at generating enlightened and creative solutions. Thoughtful and careful decision makers, INFJs often need time to let ideas “percolate” before taking action. INFJs are often perfectionistic, highly focused, and driven to accomplish their goals. Rather formal and reserved, INFJs can be difficult to read. It’s important that their values need to be understood and respected. INFJs are not receptive to people who are insensitive, impatient, dismissive or sarcastic.

Your Personality Type At a Glance

Franchisee Type Profile - INFJIntroverted - iNtuitive - Feeling - Judger

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Success Strategies - To be most successful

Focus on the benefit and value your product or service provides others

Set up contingency plans to deal with unexpected, but possible situations

Find a mentor with first-hand experience to consult with regularly

Recruit and rely on a detail-person to provide balance

Strive to meet high standards but don’t expect perfection

Your Key Career Satisfiers

Work whose mission maintains your integrity

Being able to work independently

A tension-free, supportive work setting

Performing tasks that are in sync with your values

Helping improving peoples’ lives

Some Examples of Categories

Children’s Services

Florists

Health Aids

Senior Care

Restaurants

Educational Products/Services

Photography/ Supplies

Wedding Planning

International Opportunities

Event Planning

Travel and Tourism

Fitness and Gyms

Hair Salons

Pet Services

Senior Living Communities

Green and Eco-Friendly

Tutoring

Publications

Weight Control

Pre-Employment Screen Services

Staffing/ Personnel Services

Hotels and Motels

Knowing your personality type can help you identify those franchise opportunities that can give you the greatest satisfaction and success. Below are five “Key Career Satisfiers” for your type, which reflect your natural strengths and core values. Determining which of these satisfiers are most impor-tant to you, can help you identify the opportunity that you will find most rewarding.

What your type profile does not reveal, is which ones you may have a strong interest in. And, the more interested you are in a certain opportunity, the more satisfied you are likely to be. For exam-ple: If you really enjoy working with young children, owning a child care franchise may hold great appeal for you. Or, if you love words and writing, then a franchise which produces publications might be a better fit for you.

Targeting the Right Opportunities

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*Source: Franchising for Dummies, Michael A. Seid and Dave Thomas, Wiley Publishing, 2010

1. Visit the VetFran Toolkit on the International Franchise Association (IFA) website. 2. Look up the specific opportunities listed under categories you are interested in researching (i.e Internet Services).

3. Use what you’ve learned about yourself from this Franchisee Type Profile to evaluate the potential for satisfaction and success of each opportunity.

4. As you research each opportunity, ask yourself these important questions: *

Are you willing and able to learn new skills?

Would you rather give or take orders? Are you willing to follow franchisor rules and requirements?

Are you ready to say goodbye to corporate perks? Can you adjust to doing many support tasks

yourself (i.e. copying, filing, payroll, etc)?

Are you healthy enough for the type of work any particular franchise would require?

Do you like people? Can you build and maintain positive relationships? Do you have the

ability to sell?

Do you have the financial ability to take this challenge on?

Are you ready for the time commitment of a franchise operation?

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How to discover which specific opportunity is best for you

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