1. Definiteness of purpose Yes No(a) Have you decided upon

a definite major goal in life? –––– ––––

(b) Have you set a time limitfor reaching that goal? –––– ––––

(c) Do you have specificplans for achieving yourgoal in life? –––– ––––

(d) Have you determinedwhat definite benefits your goal in life willbring you? –––– ––––

2. Positive mental attitude (a) Do you know what is

meant by a positive mental attitude? –––– ––––

(b) Do you control your mental attitude? –––– ––––

(c) Do you know the only thing over which anyonehas complete power of

control? –––– ––––(d) Do you know how to

detect a negative mentalattitude in yourselfand others? –––– ––––

(e) Do you know howto make PMA a habit? –––– ––––

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Q U O T I E N T A N A L Y S I S

3. Going the “Extra Mile”(a) Do you make a habit of

rendering more and betterservice than you arepaid for? –––– ––––

(b) Do you know when anemployee is entitled tomore pay? –––– ––––

(c) Do you know of anyonewho has achieved successin any calling withoutdoing more than he waspaid to do? –––– ––––

(d) Do you believe anyone hasa right to expect an increasein salary unless he is doing

more than he is paid for? –––– ––––(e) If you were your own

employer, would you besatisfied with the sort ofservice you are nowrendering as an employee? –––– ––––

4. Accurate thinking(a) Do you make it your duty

constantly to learn moreabout your occupation? –––– ––––

(b) Is it your habit to express “opinions” on subjects withwhich you are not familiar?–––– ––––

(c) Do you know how to findthe facts when you needknowledge? –––– ––––

5. Self-discipline(a) Do you hold your tongue

when angry? –––– ––––(b) Is it your habit to speak

before you think? –––– ––––(c) Do you lose your patience

easily? –––– ––––(d) Are you generally

even-tempered? –––– ––––(e) Is it your habit to allow

your emotions tooverpower your reason? –––– ––––

6. The master mind(a) Are you influencing other

people to help you attainyour goal in life? –––– ––––

(b) Do you believe that aperson can succeed in lifewithout the aid of others? –––– ––––

(c) Do you believe a man caneasily succeed in his occupation if he is opposedby his wife or othermembers of his family? –––– ––––

(d) Are there advantages whenan employer and anemployee work togetherin harmony? –––– ––––

(e) Are you proud when a group to which you be-long is praised? –––– ––––

7. Applied faith(a) Do you have faith in

Infinite Intelligence? –––– ––––(b) Are you a person of

integrity? –––– ––––(c) Do you have confidence in

your ability to do what youdecide to do? –––– ––––

(d) Are you reasonably free fromthese seven basic fears:(1) fear of poverty?(2) fear of criticism?(3) fear of ill health?(4) fear of loss of love?(5) fear of loss of liberty?(6) fear of old age?(7) fear of death? –––– ––––

8. Pleasing personality(a) Are your habits offensive

to others? –––– ––––(b) Is it your habit to apply

the Golden Rule? –––– ––––(c) Are you liked by those

with whom you work? –––– ––––(d) Do you bore others? –––– ––––

9. Personal initiative(a) Do you plan your work? –––– ––––(b) Must your work be

planned for you? –––– ––––(c) Do you possess outstanding

qualities not possessed byothers in your line of work? –––– ––––

(d) Is it your habit toprocrastinate? –––– ––––

(e) Is it your habit to try tocreate better plans fordoing your work moreefficiently? –––– ––––

10. Enthusiasm(a) Are you an enthusiastic

person? –––– ––––(b) Do you direct your

enthusiasm toward carryingout your plans? –––– ––––

(c) Does your enthusiasmoverpower your judgment? –––– ––––

11. Controlled attention(a) Is it your habit to

concentrate your thoughtson what you are doing? –––– ––––

(b) Are you easily influencedto change your plans oryour decisions? –––– ––––

(c) Are you inclined toabandon your aims andplans when you meetopposition? –––– ––––

(d) Do you keep working regardless of unavoid-able distractions? –––– ––––

12. Teamwork(a) Do you get along

harmoniously with others? –––– ––––(b) Do you grant favors as

freely as you ask them? –––– ––––(c) Do you have frequent

disagreements with others? –––– ––––(d) Are there great advantages

in friendly cooperationamong co-workers? –––– ––––

(e) Are you aware of the damageone can cause by notcooperating withco-workers? –––– ––––

13. Learning from defeat(a) Does defeat cause you to

stop trying? –––– ––––(b) If you fail in a given effort,

do you keep trying? –––– ––––(c) Is temporary defeat the

same as failure? –––– ––––(d) Have you learned any

lessons from defeat? –––– ––––(e) Do you know how defeat

can be converted into an assetthat will lead to success? –––– ––––

14. Creative vision(a) Do you use your imagination

constructively? –––– ––––(b) Do you make your own

decisions? –––– ––––(c) Is the man who only follows

instructions always worthmore than the man whoalso creates new ideas? –––– ––––

(d) Are you inventive? –––– ––––(e) Do you create practical

ideas in connection withyour work? –––– ––––

(f) When desirable, do youseek sound advice? –––– ––––

15. Budgeting time and money(a) Do you save a fixed

percentage of your income?–––– ––––(b) Do you spend money

without regard to yourfuture source of income? –––– ––––

(c) Do you get sufficient sleepeach night? –––– ––––

(d) Is it your habit to employspare time studyingself-improvement books? –––– ––––

16. Maintenance of sound health(a) Do you know five essential

factors of sound health? –––– ––––(b) Do you know where sound

health begins? –––– ––––(c) Are you aware of the

relation of relaxation tosound health? –––– ––––

(d) Do you know the fourimportant factors necessaryfor the proper balancing ofsound health? –––– ––––

(e) Do you know the meaningof “hypochondria” and“psychosomatic illness”? –––– ––––

17. Using cosmic habit force as it pertains to your personal habits(a) Do you have habits which

you feel you cannotcontrol? –––– ––––

(b) Have you recently eliminated undesirablehabits? –––– ––––

(c) Have you recently developedany new, desirable habits? –––– ––––

Here’s how to rate your answers. All the following ques-tions should have been answered NO: 3c - 3d - 4b - 5b -5c - 5e - 6b - 6c - 8a - 8d - 9b - 9d- 10c - 11b - 11c - 12c- 13a - 13c - 14c - 15b - 17a. All other questions shouldhave been answered YES. Your score would have been 300if all the questions had been answered “No” or “Yes” asshown above. This is a perfect score and very few peoplehave ever made such a score. Now let’s see what your scorewas.Number of “Yes” answers instead of “No”:

–––– x 4 = ––––If you answered “No” to any of the meaning questions that

should have been answered “Yes,”deduct four points for each one:Number of “No” answers instead of “Yes”:

–––– x 4 = ––––Add the subtotals together, and subtract from 300. This will

be your score.

Illustration:Number of “Yes” answers instead of “No”: 3 x 4 = 12Number of “No” answers instead of “Yes”: 2 x 4 = 8

Total Number of Wrong Answers _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20Perfect Score _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 300Minus Total Number of Wrong Answers _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20Your Score _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _280

Find your rating below:300 points –––– Perfect (Very Rare)

275 to 299 points –––– Good (Above Average)200 to 274 points –––– Fair (Average)100 to 199 points –––– Poor (Below Average)Below 100 points –––– Unsatisfactory

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