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Do
you work or shirk?
1. Do you think people who build their own houses are:
a. Clever.
b. More manually skilled than you are.
c. Not your type.
d. Lunatics.
e. Obviously desperate?
2.
Do you start the day with a list of things you hope to get done:
a. Always.
b. If you are very busy.
c. Only if you are shopping.
d. Rarely.
e. Never.
3.
Is your idea of a perfect holiday:
a. Lying by the pool in the sun.
b. Lazy days and energetic dancing evenings.
c. Activity holidays - like horse riding, canoeing and walking.
d. Exploring.
e. Not being forced to take a break at all.
4.
If your arrangements for the evening are cancelled at the last minute
are you:
a. Straight on the ‘phone to line up something else.
b. Content to go out and have a drink alone.
c. Content to stay in and catch up on chores.
d. Happy to stay home with a good book.
e. Delighted to have time to do something.
5.
How many of the following have you been guilty of:
* Hiding a mess under a bed or in a cupboard five minutes before
guests arrived.
* Spraying a scented polish in the air to give the impression that
you have just cleaned a room when you have not.
* Hiding dirty dishes in the cooker.
* Pretending you were just on the way out rather than have to invite
an unexpected caller in to see the mess.
a. All of them.
b.Three.
c. Two.
d. One.
e. None.
6.
When you get an official form to fill in, do you usually return
it:
a. The same day.
b. The next day.
c. Within a week.
d. Within a month.
e. If they want it, they could try your wastepaper basket.
7.
If you are in the middle of spring cleaning and a friend calls,
do you:
a. Welcome the chance to stop and put your feet up.
b. Stop, reluctantly, out of politeness.
c. Stop if you are tired enough to need a break by that time.
d. Switch to a job you can do while you talk.
e. Keep going and hope your friend joins in.
8.
If you were invited to a let’s-paint-a-room party, would you
say:
a. Sorry. I’m in the middle of my own decorating.
b. What a pity it is the weekend.
c. I’ll come, but I can’t stay long.
d. Of course.
e. Of course - and I’ll come early to help cut the sandwiches.
9.
When you are angry, do you:
a. Find it burns up your energy and leaves you feeling
limp.
b. Put it out of your mind and do other things.
c. Let fly at anyone who crosses your path.
d. Go for a long walk to try and work it off.
e. Feel driven to an orgy of floor scrubbing or furniture polishing
or pot scouring to relieve the tension.
10.
If you were at work and the boss said, just as you were getting
ready to leave, that something urgent had come up, would you:
a. Automatically go back to your desk and get down to it.
b. Moan a little, but stay.
c. Moan a lot, but stay.
d. Stay if he pleads or bribes.
e. Go and let him worry about it.
11.
Do you take energetic exercise:
a. Daily.
b. At least three times a week.
c. About once a week.
d. About once every two weeks.
e. Less than once a fortnight.
12.
Do you feel you get more done if you are:
a. Working alone.
b. Usually alone, sometimes with others.
c. Sometimes alone, usually with others.
d. Always as part of a team.
e. It makes no difference to you.
13.
Do you put things off until tomorrow:
a. Only if it is absolutely unavoidable.
b. Sometimes.
c. Often.
d. Usually.
e. Doesn’t everyone?
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