W. Clement Stone Napoleon Hill - Success Through A Positive Mental Attitude Enhancement.pdf

SUCCESS Q U O T I E N T A N A LY S I S

1. Definiteness of purpose (a) Have you decided upon a definite 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?

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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? ––––

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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?

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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? ––––

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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? ––––

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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? ––––

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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? ––––

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15. Budgeting time and money (a) Do you save a fixed percentage of your income?–––– (b) Do you spend money without regard to your 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”? ––––

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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 the following questions should have been answered NO: 3c - 3d - 4b - 5b 5c - 5e - 6b - 6c - 8a - 8d - 9b - 9d- 10c - 11b - 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”: –––– x 4 = –––– If you answered “No” to any of the meaning questions that should have been answered “Yes,” deduct four points for each one: Number of “No” answers instead of “Yes”: –––– x 4 = –––– Add the subtotals together, and subtract from 300. This will be your score. Illustration: Number of “Yes” answers instead of “No”: 3 x 4 = 12 8 Number of “No” answers instead of “Yes”: 2 x 4 = 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 275 to 299 points 200 to 274 points 100 to 199 points Below 100 points

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