5 Minute SELF-EMPLOYMENT QUIZ Directions:

Read the questions and assign yourself a number between 1 and 10 in your answers. 1 is the lowest score and 10 is the highest.

There should be few, if any, scores of 1 or 10 in your answers.
Be completely honest and don’t overthink your answers.

1. Can you live without a steady paycheck?

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I live paycheck to paycheck.

A secure/steady paycheck is a myth.

2. Do you exercise good judgment?

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

I’m on my seventh marriage. Why is this relevant?

I have never made a mistake in my life.

3. Are you flexible?

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

I cannot deviate from today’s schedule.

Let’s solve this unforeseen problem - right now.

4. Are you organized?

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Where are my car keys?

My grocery list is organized by aisles.

5. Are you decisive?

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Not sure, maybe I am, let me think…I don’t know.

Yes.

6. Can you execute your projects?

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

My novel is only six years past due.

Signed, sealed and delivered.

7. Are you comfortable selling yourself or your product/service?

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

I hate selling and I just won’t do it.

I can sell ice cubes to Eskimos.

8. Do you have ethics and integrity?

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Who cares? Business is Business.

I will do what is right even if I lose money.

9. Are you able to multitask?

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

I am so confused. Too much coming at me.

I am like a juggler at the circus.

10. Are you competent with finances?

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I don’t know how I will pay my utility bill.

On budget always.

11. Can you handle adversity?

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

My day is ruined if I get a parking ticket.

Nothing phases me.

12. Can you just say no if something doesn’t feel right?

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I am always getting in over my head.

Absolutely.

13. Are you pragmatic?

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There is no room for compromise.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

14. Can you delay gratification?

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

As long as I have my car, boat and mansion.

I would live in my car to build a business.

15. Are you constantly searching for the next get rich quick opportunity?

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

I know this next idea is my ticket to wealth.

There is no such thing as a free lunch.

16. Would people that know you describe you as reliable?

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Absolutely not.

They would want me in their foxhole.

17. Are you a good listener?

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Would you please repeat that again?

I would much rather listen than talk.

18. Can you delegate?

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I might as well just do it myself - again.

I have never regretted delegating projects.

19. Can you view your current circumstances in a detached/objective way?

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I am too emotional to do that.

I can look at myself as if I am another person.

20. How much exposure have you had to self-employed people?

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

I have never met a self-employed person.

Both my parents were self-employed.

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