Success

WERE STEVE JOBS, BILL GATES, WARREN BUFFETT, RICHARD BRANSON, PHILIP GREEN, DONALD TRUMP, OR SAM WALTON AFRAID OF SUCCESS?

 

Are You Afraid of Success???

 

Each month one person will WIN A FREE COPY of Dan's book "Build Your Own Guthrie". To become eligible to qualify fill out the form below then press the "Click here to take the tests" button and see if you have what it takes to succeed!

After taking all 3 tests, each taking 2 - 3 minutes, you will receive an email with your test scores and an explanation of the results.

 

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Are You Afraid of Success???

 

The following questions have been adapted from a Questionaire developed at the Boston University (as published in "The Success-Fearing Personality", by Donnah Canavan, Katherine Garner and Peter Grumpert).

This will give a good indication of your emotional standpoint with respect to achieving Super-Success.

Which of the following statements do you agree or disagree with. Please check the appropriate boxes:

 

		Agree	Disagree
1.	I generally feel guilty about my own happiness if a friend tells me that he or she is feeling depressed.
2.	I frequently find myself not telling others about my good luck so that they will not have to feel envious.
3.	I have trouble saying no to people.
4.	Before getting down to work on a project, I suddenly find a whole bunch of other things to take care of first.
5.	I tend to believe that people who look out for themselves first are selfish.
6.	When someone I know succeeds at something, I usually feel that I have lost out by comparison.
7.	I rarely have trouble concentrating on something for a long period of time..
8.	When I have to ask others for help, I feel that I am being bothersome.
9.	I often compromise in situations to avoid conflict.
10.	When I have made a decision, I usually stick to it.
11.	I feel self-conscious when someone who "counts" compliments me.
12.	When I am involved in a competitive activity (sports, a game, work), I am often so concerned with how well I am doing that I do not enjoy the activity as much as I could.
13.	A sure-fire way to end up disappointed is to want something too much.
14.	Instead of wanting to celebrate, I feel let down after completing an important task or project.
15.	Mostly, I find that I measure up to the standards that I set for myself.
16.	When things seem to be going really well for me, I get uneasy that I will do something to ruin it.

 

Depression Check List

 

Choose the letter that seems to most fit your recent feelings:

A = A little of the time

B = Some of the time

C = A good part of the time

D = Most of the time

 

	QUESTIONS:	A little of the time	Some of the time	A good part of the time	Most of the time
1.	I feel hopeful about my future.
2.	I find it easy to make a decision.
3.	I feel I am useful and needed.
4.	I still enjoy the things I used to.
5.	My surroundings interest me.
6.	I feel as attractive as I used to.
7.	My mind is as clear as it used to be.
8.	I feel discouraged and blue.
9.	I have had trouble sleeping lately.
10.	I am less interested in sex.
11.	My appetite is worse than usual.
12.	I have constipation / diarrhea.
13.	I feel physically tired often.
14.	My heart beats rapidly.
15.	I have headaches more often.
16.	I am more irritable than normal.
17.	Others would be better off if I died.
18.	I worry about my health.
19.	I break into tears easily.
20.	I blame myself for things.

 

Take The Optimism Test

 

Perhaps the most widely used method for assessing optimistic or pessimistic disposition is in the Life Orientation Test, developed by psychologist Michael Scheler and Charles Carver.

To gauge your optimism level with this test, indicate your response to each item below:

***Don't let your answer to one question influence another.***

 

	QUESTIONS:	Strongly agree	Agree	Feel neutral	Disagree	Strongly disagree
1.	In uncertain times, I usually expect the best.
2.	It's easy for me to relax.
3.	If something can go wrong for me, it will.
4.	I'm always optimistic about my future.
5.	I enjoy my friends a lot.
6.	It's important for me to keep busy.
7.	I hardly ever expect things to go my way.
8.	I don't get upset too easily.
9.	I rarely count on good things happening to me.
10.	Overall, I expect more good things to happen to me than bad.

 

The range is from 0 to 24, from extreme pessimism to extreme optimism, with virtual neutrality being the midpoint, 12. Most people who have taken the test are slightly optimistic, Carver said. For instance, among 2,000 college students, the average score was 14, with two-thirds scoring between 10 and 18.

A group of 159 patients awaiting coronary artery bypass surgery had an average score of 15, possibly suggesting that a serious challenge may boost one's optimism a bit.

"People tend to run a little toward the optimistic end of the dimension, but not by a whole lot," Carver said. "Also, people tend to the moderate in their self-descriptions. Not many are saying they are enormously optimistic or pessimistic."

 

Terence Monmaney

Source: American Psychological Assn., 1994