Would you prefer a job involving change, travel and variety even though the job is insecure?
Yes* Maybe No Score:
Do you quite enjoy taking risks?
Yes* Maybe No Score:
Do you carefully lock up your house at night?
Yes Maybe No* Score:
Do you think that young children should learn to cross roads by themselves?
Yes* Maybe No Score:
When the odds are against you, do you still feel it's worth taking a chance?
Yes* Maybe No Score:
When you are catching a train, do you often arrive at the last minute?
Yes* Maybe No Score:
Would life with no danger in it be too dull for you?
Yes* Maybe No Score:
Do you save regularly?
Yes* Maybe No Score:
Would you enjoy fast driving?
Yes* Maybe No Score:
Would you make quite sure you had another job before giving up your old one?
Yes* Maybe No Score:
Do people who drive very carefully annoy you?
Yes* Maybe No Score:
Are you rather cautious in unusual situations?
Yes Maybe No* Score:
Would you do almost anything for a dare?
Yes* Maybe No Score:
When buying things do you usually examine the guarantee?
Yes Maybe No* Score:
Do you think people spend too much effort guarding their future, with savings and insurance, etc?
Yes* Maybe No Score:
Do you go in for regular health checks?
Yes Maybe No* Score:
Do you always wear a safety belt when traveling in a car?
Yes Maybe No* Score:
Do you sometimes gamble money on races, elections or such-like?
Yes* Maybe No Score:
Would you agree that an element of risk adds spice to life?
Yes* Maybe No Score:
Do you disagree with borrowing or lending money?
Yes Maybe No* Score:
Would being in debt worry you?
Yes Maybe No* Score:
Do you find that you have sometimes crossed a road leaving more careful companions on the other side?
Yes* Maybe No Score:
Do you think the risk of lung cancer from smoking has been exaggerated?
Yes* Maybe No Score:
Would you always read the small print before signing a contract?
Yes Maybe No* Score:
Does the risk of failure in a business undertaking worry you?
Yes Maybe No* Score:
Do you usually keep your feelings to yourself in case the other person would think you are foolish?
Yes Maybe No* Score:
Does driving a fast car or jet aeroplane appeal to you?
Yes* Maybe No Score:
Would you be careful to declare everything at the customs if you had been travelling abroad?
Yes Maybe No* Score:
Are you sure to arrive at appointments with plenty of time to spare?
Yes Maybe No* Score:
When travelling in an aeroplane, bus or train, do you choose your seat with safety in mind?
Yes Maybe No* Score:
Does the fear of rejection concern you if you want to invite somebody for a meal or night out?
Yes Maybe No* Score:
ANALYSIS
High scorers seek rewards with little concern for the possible adverse consequences and they find that an element of risk adds spice to their life. They are not afraid of change or growth or exposing their feelings.
People with low scores prefer familiarity, safety and security, even if it means sacrificing some degree of excitement in their life. Such a person is ruled by fears.
An excellent description of the rewards that may be obtained by overcoming one's fears and "doing it anyway" is the following passage: The Dilemma. I recommend you read it.
How do you compare?
The norm on this trait is between 15-16 points (a statistical approximation). This may be represented on the following scale:
Risk-Taking 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Carefulness
KNOW YOUR OWN MIND
Personality Questionnaire
By Peter Shepherd
INSTRUCTIONS
It is important to note that throughout this questionnaire, the 'norm' represents what a typical person's responses is likely to be. That doesn't mean the normal responses are 'right' or 'correct'. High or low positions on a scale may represent neurosis if your answers represent compulsions, obsessions or inhibitions, and you may want to become more free in that area. But if they represent conscious choices in the way you play the game of life, then of course, that's fine! A person relatively free from cultural conditioning in an area of life is unlikely to be the same as the 'normal person' who tends to be riddled with such conditioning. It’s best to print out the questionnaire first, then work through the questions, underlining the appropriate answer: either "Yes", "Maybe" or "No". (The asterisks* and ‘Score:’ relate to the later scoring.)
Answer as honestly as you can: there is no point in trying to "make yourself look good" - that would be counter-productive. When you have completed scoring the questionnaire, a picture will emerge from the high or low scoring traits - it is up to you to make what you will of this picture, perhaps learn some lessons, decide to do something about what you find, or be happy you are the way you are. I hope you enjoy participating in the questionnaire and that you will explore these issues further in Transforming the Mind, maybe go on to resolve some of them with the New Life Course, then hopefully move on to the Insight Project for a complete resolution of all the factors that inhibit personal freedom and conscious awareness.
SCORING Each question scores either one, half or zero points: If you checked Yes* or No* (i.e. with an *) then allot one point. If you checked Maybe then allot half a point. If you checked Yes or No (i.e. without an *) then allot zero points. Enter your score after each question, then add up the total for that Trait.
By Peter Shepherd
INSTRUCTIONS
It is important to note that throughout this questionnaire, the 'norm' represents what a typical person's responses is likely to be. That doesn't mean the normal responses are 'right' or 'correct'. High or low positions on a scale may represent neurosis if your answers represent compulsions, obsessions or inhibitions, and you may want to become more free in that area. But if they represent conscious choices in the way you play the game of life, then of course, that's fine! A person relatively free from cultural conditioning in an area of life is unlikely to be the same as the 'normal person' who tends to be riddled with such conditioning. It’s best to print out the questionnaire first, then work through the questions, underlining the appropriate answer: either "Yes", "Maybe" or "No". (The asterisks* and ‘Score:’ relate to the later scoring.)
Answer as honestly as you can: there is no point in trying to "make yourself look good" - that would be counter-productive. When you have completed scoring the questionnaire, a picture will emerge from the high or low scoring traits - it is up to you to make what you will of this picture, perhaps learn some lessons, decide to do something about what you find, or be happy you are the way you are. I hope you enjoy participating in the questionnaire and that you will explore these issues further in Transforming the Mind, maybe go on to resolve some of them with the New Life Course, then hopefully move on to the Insight Project for a complete resolution of all the factors that inhibit personal freedom and conscious awareness.
SCORING Each question scores either one, half or zero points: If you checked Yes* or No* (i.e. with an *) then allot one point. If you checked Maybe then allot half a point. If you checked Yes or No (i.e. without an *) then allot zero points. Enter your score after each question, then add up the total for that Trait.
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DISCLAIMER
The questionnaire has a significant limitation to bear in mind: it was designed for, and tested on, a predominantly white, heterosexual, Christian-background cultural audience, so the 'norms' relate to how such people typically answer. If you're a black homosexual Muslim, or any other variation, please don't be offended - try to get the point of the questions rather than take them literally, and rephrase them to suit your circumstances. The idea is to expose fixed and conditioned ways of thinking, feeling and behaving, not to indicate that any particular way is right or better than another. The questions can be quite dogmatic and illiberal and therefore expose ways in which you are a stereotyped product of your culture, or more liberated than the norm or more neurotic than the norm, or just different - the interpretation is up to you, the more honest the better!
An automatic-scoring version of this questionnaire is available online at KnowYour own Mind: http://www.trans4mind.com/personalityTools for Transformation offers two courses of personal and spiritualdevelopment. Based on the principles explained in Transforming the Mind, the NewLife Course is studied at home, with many practical exercises Details are here:http://www.trans4mind.com/new_life_courseThe advanced course that incorporates biofeedback monitoring is called the InsightProject - details are here: http://www.trans4mind.com/spiritual
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