Welcome to your Understanding quiz Imagine that a friend tells you about all trouble she is having in her life. She has had this same trouble many times before. What would you likely do? Tell her to shape up; you are tired of hearing of her problems Tell her of your own problems Listen and try to understand her Nothing in particular Two friends come to you for advice, separately, on how to handle a problem between the two of them. What would you do? Avoid giving advice since you do not want to hurt either one Try to bring them together to solve the problem Side with one and try to get the other to agree Tell them what to do You are working on a project with a group. They want to finish quickly and not do it so well so they can go home sooner. What would you do? Do what the majority wants Stay and do it well no matter how long it takes Get angry at the group and demand they do a good job. Justify finishing early by telling yourself it will be okay that way Think about times you have been in a work setting with co-workers. Which of these best describes how your co-workers would describe your work style? Serious and purposeful Funny and lighthearted Laid back and reserved Energetic and talkative Think back to a day in your life when he had a large number of tasks to complete. How did you respond to this? Felt overwhelmed Accomplished everything, but was worn out afterwards Realized I couldn’t do it all and did what I could Figured out creative ways to get things done without being burned out Imagine that your friend tells you he is going to bungee jump off a big bridge and asks you to join him. What might you do? Tell him immediately that you will join him and jump Think about it for a while, and then decide to do it. Tell him no immediately Tell him you will go with him and decide once you see the bridge Imagine that over the past few years crime in your neighborhood has increased and the area in general has become more run down. What might you do about this? Try to move someplace new Talk about it with a friend Try to form a group to take action Write to your local politician Imagine that you have been trying to stop a door in your house from squeaking for several weeks, but it still squeaks. What would you do? Give up; you have better things to do Get your neighbor to do it Keep trying things until it stops squeaking Call a repair person There are some people whom others would consider to live a life of purpose, guided by a few select principles that they strongly adhere to no matter what situation they are in. How do you feel that you compare to these types of people? I am nothing like those people I am currently searching for the purpose in my life I am exactly like one of those people I have purpose in my life, but I don’t think much about it. Think about the times in your life where a friendship or romantic relationship has ended. How do you usually react when this occurs? Feel sad for a short period of time, but am able to move on fairly quickly Get over it immediately Take a long time to recover from the loss, but eventually do Have difficulty ever recovering You have made a mistake at work that cost your employer money. However, there is no way anyone would know that it was your mistake. What would you do? Keep quiet and hope for the best Own up to the mistake with your boss Keep quiet and begin to look for another job. Tell your family but no one else You are cleaning out your garage. There are many boxes of things that you could look through before throwing them out, but the job would take much longer to do that. What would you do? Throw the boxes out after a quick check of their contents Carefully go through the contents of each box Try to get someone else to check the content of the boxes Put off the job till you have more time to check the contents of the boxes The Value Of Virtue Self Control quiz