The Self-Sabotage Scale

How long have you been working on the same issues, be they in the area of your career, health, intimate relationships or finances?

Recently

Less than a year

More than 5 years

More than 10 years

If your friends, co-workers and family members were interviewed, would they say that you complain…

Seldom to never

Maybe once a day

Frequently

All the time

In the past 12 months, how many times have you said something that you later regretted, whether immediately or over time?

None

Once or twice

More than five times

More than ten times

After you’ve achieved a personal goal – reached your desired weight, paid off your credit cards, organized your home or office, etc. – which of the following emotions are you more likely to experience?

Relieved that you made it but wary that you may backslide

Entitled – you deserve a reward for all your hard work!

Motivated by your success and committed to keeping going

Resentful that you had to work so hard

How often do you notice yourself feeling inadequate, not good enough, unloved, or unworthy?

All the time

Occasionally

Almost never

Never

On a scale of 1-10, how willing are you to speak your truth, even if it runs contrary to the opinions of others?

6-9; I am very willing to speak my truth.

1-3; I am almost never willing to speak my truth.

4-6; Most of the time I am willing to speak my truth.

10; I always speak my truth.

In your life right now, your primary focus is on…

Advancing your career/business, improving your health, building wealth, or deepening your relationships

Managing strained relationships or “putting out fires” at work and at home.

Making measurable progress toward your goals over a reasonable period of time.

Trying to avert or avoid immediate disaster in the area of your finances, relationships, health or career.

What percentage of the time can you count on yourself to keep your word and uphold your promises – whether to yourself or to another?

Less than 20%

Less than 45%

Most of the time

Which of the following statements would you use to describe your life?

Most of the time, things work out fairly easily for me.

I have many talents and gifts, but do not use them to their fullest potential.

I am riddled by bad luck and find myself in one bad situation after another.

I have to work hard just to maintain the status quo.

How many hours a day do you spend working toward goals?

None I just go from emergency to emergency

Less than twenty minutes per day

An hour or more per day

How frequently do you feel mistreated, misunderstood, or taken advantage of – in either your personal or professional life?

Every day

Frequently

Occasionally

Seldom to never

When asked to do something that you have no interest in doing, you are most likely to…

Say no with a clear conscience

Say no but feel guilty about it

Say yes but not follow through

Say yes but feel resentful about it

When you feel hurt by someone or something, what do you tend to do?

When you get an impulse or an idea about how to improve some aspect of your life, you usually…

Ignore it completely

Take a few steps in the right direction but rarely see the project through to the finish line

Tell yourself that you’ll “get to it one of these days”

Follow your intuition and implement it fully

The last time you found yourself with a block of unexpected free time, what did you do?

Squandered it by catalog shopping, watching TV or Facebook

Used the opportunity to move forward on an important project

Relaxed and rejuvenated yourself by taking a nap, meditating or reading

What free time?

When you make a mistake, are you more likely to…

Be gentle with yourself and resolve to do things differently in the future?

Put things in perspective by acknowledging yourself for what you did right?

Fall into a downward spiral of self-criticism?

Interpret your misstep as evidence that you are incompetent, and stop trying?

When you have a money challenge or an emergency comes up around money are you more likely to

Freak out

Know that things will work out

Start looking for solutions

Blame others and shrink from your commitments?

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