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REMEMBER, YOUR ONLY REAL
LIMITATION IS THAT WHICH YOU SET UP IN YOUR OWN MIND, OR
ACCEPT AS INSURMOUNTABLE.
Chapter Twenty
NOW IT'S TIME TO TEST YOUR OWN SUCCESS QUOTIENT
You have read all but
the last three chapters of Success Through a Positive Mental
Attitude. And now would be a good time to take a look at your
own mental attitude. And you can do this for yourself.
But before you do, we want you to know our attitude is:
The burden of teaching is upon the person who wants to teach.
And with whom does the burden of learning lie? Perhaps J.
Mil-burn Smith has the answer. Now J. Milburn Smith rose from
assistant to the office boy to president of the Continental
Casualty Company of Chicago. He told us:
The burden of learning is on the person who wants to learn,
not on the person who wants to teach. And he also said:
"A 'have-not* is a person who believes that an idea is not
good for him unless he himself originates it. And I say:
"Copy from success! Everything I have done I have borrowed
from another person or business." And he continued:
"Be respectful and listen to those who have experience.
"For the experienced man had something I wanted. And that's
why I associated with older and successful men. For I took
what they had: the good, their knowledge and experience, but
not their weaknesses. And then I added this to what I had.
Thus I profited even by their mistakes as well as my own.
"To learn one must pay the price. And I was willing to pay it
for I was not taught. I learned. Knowledge? You must seek it
out Copy from success, says J. Milburn Smith.
And you can begin by asking yourself some questions: Am I
willing to pay the price? Am I willing to take the good, the
knowledge and the experience, but not the weaknesses of the
men I have read about in this book?
And if your answer is yes, then we have a suggestion that we
know will help you. But let's first remind you that as you
have.
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And if your answer is yes, then we have a suggestion that we
know will help you. But let's first remind you that as you
have read the pages of this book, you have
frequently been called upon to answer questions about
yourself. And although these may have appeared to have been
simple questions, in reality: is there anything harder than to
evaluate one's self correctly? "Know thyself' is probably the
most difficult admonition ever given to man.
And to assist you to know thyself the authors have prepared a
personal analysis questionnaire which has helped many men and
women to do this more satisfactorily. You have already taken
many tests—intelligence, aptitude, personality, vocabulary,
and all the rest
But this one is different. We call it your Success Quotient
Analysis. And it is based on the 17 success principles which
have been responsible for the worthwhile achievements of the
world's outstanding leaders in all fields. It has many
purposes:
. . . To direct your thoughts in desired channels.
. . . To crystallize your own thinking.
. . . To indicate your present position on the road to success.
. . . To encourage you to decide exactly where you want to be.
. . . To measure your chances of reaching your desired destination.
. . . To indicate your present ambitions and other characteristics.
. . . To motivate you to desirable action with PMA.
Our suggestion. And now our suggestion is that you immediately try to answer the following Success Quotient Analysis: thoughtfully and truthfully, to the best of your ability. Try not to fool yourself. For this test will be valid only if you answer every question with the truth as you now see it.
1. Definiteness of purpose
YES NO
(a) Have you decided upon a major goal in life? ___ ____
(b) Have you set a time limit for reaching that goal? ___ ____
(c) Do you have specific plans for achieving your goal
in life? ___ ____
(d) Have you determined what definite benefits your
goal in life will bring 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 anyone has complete
power of control? ___ ____
(d) Do you know how to detect a negative mental attitude in
yourself and others? ___ ____
(e) Do you know how to make PMA a habit? ___ ____
3. Going the "Extra Mile'
(a) Do you make a habit of rendering more and better service
than you are paid for? ___ ____
(b) Do you know when an employee is entitled to more pay? ___ ____
(c) Do you know of anyone who has achieved success in any
calling without doing more than he was paid to do? ___ ____
(d) Do you believe anyone has a right to expect an increase in
salary unless he is doing more than he is paid for? ___ ____
(e) If you were your own employer, would you be satisfied with the
sort of service you are now rendering as an employee? ___ ____
4. Accurate thinking
(a) Do you make it your duty constantly to learn more about
your occupation? ___ ____
(b) Is it your habit to express "opinions" on subjects with
which you are not familiar? ___ ____
(c) Do you know how to find the facts when you need
knowledge? ___ ____
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
to overpower your reason? ___ ____
6. The master mind
(a) Are you influencing other people to help you attain
your goal in life? ___ ____
(b) Do you believe that a person can succeed in life
without the aid of others? ___ ____
(c) Do you believe a man can easily succeed in his
occupation if he is opposed by his wife or other members
of his family? ___ ____
(d) Are there advantages when an employer and an
employee work together in harmony? ___ ____
(e) Are you proud when a group to which you belong
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 you decide to do? ___ ____
(d) Are you reasonably free from these 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 by others in your line of work? ___ ____
(d) Is it your habit to procrastinate? ___ ____
(e) Is it your habit to try to create better plans
for doing your work more efficiently? ___ ____
10. Enthusiasm
(a) Are you an enthusiastic person? ___ ____
(b) Do you direct your enthusiasm toward
carrying out your plans? ___ ____
(c) Does your enthusiasm overpower your judgment? ___ ____
11. Controlled attention
(a) Is it your habit to concentrate your thoughts on
what you are doing? ___ ____
(b) Are you easily influenced to change your plans or
your decisions? ___ ____
(c) Are you inclined to abandon your aims and plans
when you meet opposition? ___ ____
(d) Do you keep working regardless of unavoidable
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 cooperation
among co-workers? ___ ____
(e) Are you aware of the damage one can cause by
not cooperating with co-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 asset that 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
worth more than the man who also creates new ideas? ___ ____
(d) Are you inventive? ___ ____
(e) Do you create practical ideas in connection with
your work? ___ ____
(f) When desirable, do you seek 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 you
future source of income? ___ ____
(c) Do you get sufficient sleep each night? ___ ____
(d) Is it your habit to employ spare time studying
self-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 to sound
health? ___ ____
(d) Do you know the four important factors necessary for
the proper balancing of sound health? ___ ____
(e) Do you know the meaning of "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 cannot control? ___ ____
(b) Have you recently eliminated undesirable habits? ___ ____
(c) Have you recently developed any new, desirable habits? ___ ____
Here's how to rate your
answers:
All of the following questions should have been answered "NO":
3c - 3d - 4b - 5b - 5c - 5e - 6b - 6c - 8a - 8d - 9b - 9d -
10c - lib -
11c - 12c - 13a - 13c - 14c - 15b - 17a.
All other questions should have been answered "YES." Your
score would have been 300 if all the questions had been
answered "No" or "Yes" as shown above. This is a perfect score
and very few people have ever made such a score. Now let's see
what your score was.
Number of "Yes" answers
instead of "No": _____x4 =______
If you answered "No" to any of the remaining questions that
should have been answered "Yes," deduct four points for each
one:
Number of "No" answers instead of "Yes":_____x4 = ______
_______________
Add the subtotals together, and subtract from 300. This will
be your score.
Illustration:
Number of "Yes" answers instead of "No": 3x4= 12
Number of "No" answers instead of "Yes": 2x4=
8
Total Number of Wrong Answers____________ 20
Perfect Score__________________________300
Minus Total Number of Wrong Answers________20
Your 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
You have now taken an important step to success and happiness.
You have tried to answer the questions in this Success
Quotient Analysis searchingly and honestly. If not, you will.
Now the important thing to remember is that these results are
not final and unchangeable. If you scored high, it means you
will be able to assimilate and practice the principles in this
book rather quickly. If your score was not so high don't
despair Apply PMA! You can achieve great success in life!
When you need help from
a psychologist to find out what business or profession you may
be fitted for, he will frequently ask you to take a battery of
tests.
The picture that emerges from these tests may show you what
your particular tendencies are. However, the psychologist does
not regard the result of these tests as final. He always
arranges for a personal interview to find out that which a
test will not answer.
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He uses the results of the tests and the interview to counsel
you and to evaluate your progress.
In the same way you can use the first score on the
questionnaire as a means of measuring your own ever-growing
success quotient.
Read Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude from cover to
cover once more. And again. And again. Read it aloud with your
husband, wife, or a close friend, discussing it point by
point. Read it until every principle becomes a part of your
life, motivating your every action.
Then, when you have earnestly applied these principles for
three months, take the S.Q. test again. Not only will many
wrong answers become right ones, but answers you gave
correctly the first time will be more emphatic and confident.
Your Success Quotient can serve you as more than a yardstick,
however. It can serve to underline those areas where you need
to work hardest for self-improvement. It will also reveal your
areas of special strength.
For your future is ahead of you. You have the power to direct
your thoughts and control your emotions. Just awaken the
sleeping giant within you.
How?
You will find your answer in the next chapter.