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Quick Integrity Checkup Quiz: Are You a Self-Improver, a Connector or a Do-Gooder?

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This free Quick Integrity Checkup Quiz will illuminate the aspects of integrity you most are likely to emphasize and the aspects you may be most prone to neglecting.

Most of us have a strongest and weakest tendency and this quiz contains no right or wrong answers. So, the more honestly you answer the following questions, the more useful your results are likely to be.

(Please note that this is a self-discovery quiz rather than a psychological test that has been subjected to extensive and rigorous scientific research. Most people nonetheless seem to find this quiz valuable and illuminating. As with all sources of input, take what’s of value and what ‘fits’ for you and leave behind the rest.)

On a scale of 0-10 (where 0 is not at all and 10 is outstanding or very strong), answer the following questions in terms of what is generally true about you in your current life: 

1. Overall, to what extent do you attend to your own self-care needs, wellbeing and authenticity?
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

2. To what extent do you feel like you are doing what you most love and being your true self in the world?
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

3. How important are personal growth and self-expression to you?
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

4. To what extent do you feel like you are your truest self when you are self-responsible?
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

5. Overall, to what extent do you take care of yourself more than you attend to the needs of other people and of the collectives of which you are a part?
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

6. To what extent do you believe that the best you can do is work on yourself because you can’t have much impact on changing collectives of which you are a part for the better?
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

7. To what extent do you focus your life energy on creating deep, enjoyable and durable connection with other people?
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

8. To what extent do you enjoy going beyond your separate sense of self to blend with others?
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

9. How good are you at solving problems in relationships using collaboration and synergy rather than compromise and coercion or giving in?
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

10. To what extent do you feel like you are your truest self in your personal relationships?
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11. Overall, to what extent do you attend to the needs of those you are in close personal or work relationships with more than your own needs?
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

12. To what extent do you believe that people who focus on their own self-development tend to be too self-absorbed to be capable of creating deep and durable relationships with others?
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

13. To what extent do you focus your life energy on doing things to be of service in the world and help to make it a better place?
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

14. To what extent do you pay attention to how your actions might affect strangers when you are out in the world?
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

15. To what extent do you know how to join with others to discover together what serves Collective Highest Good in whatever communities, organizations or work teams you belong?
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

16. To what extent do you feel like you are your truest self when you are being of service in the world?
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

17. Overall, to what extent do you tend to neglect yourself in favor of business or social causes?
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

18. To what extent do you believe that people who focus on their own self-development tend to be socially irresponsible?
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10


 

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