HOW AMBITIOUS ARE YOU?
People who are highly ambitious can achieve higher levels of success in life. Here is a 20- point TEST on ambition to determine your current level of ambition and see if you need to get more ambition going for yourself. Answer the following questions as best as you can and then refer to the directions on scoring your answers (Answer with YES or NO):
1. Do you sometimes feel that you aren’t making enough progress in your profession, job and life in general?
2. Are you willing to work several hours each night and on weekends, too, in order to get ahead?
3. When you achieve one of your goals, do you start moving towards the next one on your list?
4. Do you make a conscious effort to learn from your failures and mistakes?
5. If the opportunity came along to hitch your wagon to a rising star (possibly through some
person on the way up), would you do so?
6. Do you often read or study subjects of interest to you?
7. Do you agree a person can become more ambitious by an act of will and next back up the will with action?
8. Would you be willing to change careers (possibly giving up job security), in order to get into work more to your liking?
9. Are you presently using all or most of your abilities and resources to forge ahead?
10. Do you think that people in general are more likely to succeed, if they enjoy the work they do?
11. Have any past failures in your life made you more determined to achieve success?
12. Do you find the idea or goal of shooting for the top both exciting and challenging?
13. Would you be willing to move to another city or country for career advancement?
14. Does the idea of working for yourself (in some form of self-employment) interest or enthuse you?
15. Do you look for ways in which you can be more help to your boss or superior?
16. Do you now have and maintain a list of things you intend to accomplish in the future?
17. Do you often create, consider, and experiment with new plans designed to help you reach your objectives?
18. Have you set one or more deadlines for reaching your major goals?
19. Do you genuinely value the use of time and feel guilty when you waste it or believe that you have wasted it?
20. Do you use slogans and positive statements written out and carried on cards in order to keep yourself motivated with thoughts of victory and success?
SCORING: Score 5 points for every YES answer and 0 (zero) for each NO answer. Now add up your total.
EVALUATION: Ranges of scores are – (a) 50 to <60, (b) 60 to <70, (c) 70 to <80, (d) 80 to <90, and (e) 90 to 100. I will furnish suitable comments and suggestions against each of the above-mentioned 5 (five) ranges. Just take a note as to which range your total score falls in. What you have to do is to provide me with the following information [You may mail the information to this E-mail ID created solely for this purpose: howambitiousru @ gmail.com ]:
1) Your Name :
2) Your Total Score :
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