Drivers Questionnaire

Trust your first instinct! Rate 2 for ‘yes’    1 for ‘maybe’    0 for ‘no’.

Add up the scores for each block of five answers.

This will give you a pointer, at least, to which of your Drivers are most potent.

I wil leave you to figure out which list fits which driver -
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Score

Totals

 1   I often criticise myself for failing to reach my own high standards.

 

 

2   I tend to think that I am RIGHT.

 

 

3   I like to explain things in precise detail.

 

 

4   I dislike being interrupted.

 

5   Small messes or discrepancies annoy or discomfort me.

 

 

 

6    I tend to hide, deny or control my feelings. 

 

7    I hesitate or feel reluctant to ask for help.

 

8    I find or put myself in a position of being depended upon.

 

9    I tend to persevere despite tiredness, hunger or even illness.

10  I have a preference for doing things on my own.

 

 

11   I dislike giving up or giving in – hoping THIS time it will work.

 

12   I tend to start things and not finish them.

 

13   I am often the odd one out or the ‘rebel’ in a group.

 

14   I compare myself with others then feel better or worse.

15   I go round in circles, unable to let go of a problem.

 

 

16  I often do a lot of things simultaneously.

 

17  I can get impatient with other people’s slowness.

 

18  I occasionally talk over people or finish their sentences.

 

19  I like to get on with a job rather than talk about it.

20  I sometimes set unrealistic - especially too short - time limits.

 

 

21 I do things I’d really rather not – especially for others.

 

22 I worry that people might not like or appreciate me.

 

23 I can be fairly easily persuaded.

 

24 I want to be liked or to fit in.

25 I tend to avoid conflict.


And, yes, it always depends…