How Well Do You Know Yourself?

1. Your friends ask if they can send over their kids to your place for the evening as they plan to have a date night. How would you respond?

Say that you wouldn't mind, but that you are not very good with othersâ kids
Reluctantly agree
Say that its school night and your kids need to sleep early so having their kids over would be a problem

2. A close friend stops emailing you for no apparent reason. What do you do?

Believe that, being a true friend, he will one day respond to your emails
Keep trying to email him and convey your unhappiness at his lack of response
Reach out to a mutual friend to try and figure out what the problem is

3. Your friend asks you to call a plumber to fix a leak that you have been trying unsuccessfully to fix yourself the past few days. How do you respond?

Agree, since you know the chances of you fixing it are quite less now
Accept the suggestion but don't believe the plumber will be able to fix it either
Refuse since you know fixing it can't be a big thing and doesn't justify the plumber's fees

4. You start losing at Tennis against the guys you used to regularly beat at the club. You tell yourself:

That you have lost your touch forever
That it's a temporary thing and eventually you will be back to your winning ways
That you need to change your coach

5. You bump into an old acquaintance at a traffic stop. He makes a sarcastic comment about the car you are driving. You:

Make an equally unsavory remark about his car
Smile and forgive him by reasoning with yourself that he made the remark without thinking
Respond by saying that you always thought him to be rude and that little has changed

6. You fail to win a big client whom you have been pursuing for a long time. You would:

Cheer yourself up by saying that there are still lots of other clients out there
Put the failure down to destiny
Tell yourself that it was foolish to invest so much time and energy into one client

7. The boss is looking for someone to volunteer for a particular task. You are not familiar with the task but a trusted colleague suggests you volunteer. Your response would be:

"Maybe next time once I am more familiar with the task"
"This task is simply not for me"
"Why not? I know I won't make a complete mess of it"

8. You try your hand at something new and fail. You would:

Argue that it was a tough ask in the first place
Realize the fact that you have become wiser as a result and will do the task differently the next time
Console yourself by saying you tried your best