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How Warm Are You?

1. I give money to people asking for it on the street.
  Never
Seldom
Sometimes
Usually
Always
   
2. If I have a chance to receive non-job related training at work, I do it:
  Never
Seldom
Sometimes
Usually
Always
   
3. I’m more tolerant than I was five years ago.
  Strongly disagree
Disagree
Neither agree nor disagree
Agree
Strongly agree
   
4. If I had the opportunity to quit my job for another position I liked more and had more potential but paid less now, I would do it.
  Strongly disagree
Disagree
Neither agree nor disagree
Agree
Strongly agree
   
5. I’m more compassionate than I was 5 years ago.
  Strongly disagree
Disagree
Neither agree nor disagree
Agree
Strongly agree
   
6. I would purchase a book that is a stretch for me.
  Never
Seldom
Sometimes
Usually
Always
   
7. If I am in a hurry and have to wait at a green light while a funeral procession passes, my reaction is to:
  Interrupt the procession and go anyway.
Wait while seething inside.
Realize this too will pass.
Curse and pound on the steering wheel.
Briefly empathize with the deceased
   
8. Following most closely describes the way I feel about money.
  I would spend every dime I had if it would get me closer to my dream.
I would buy day old doughnuts and inject jelly in them.
I feel strongly that I must regularly save money.
I would never let lack of money stand in the way of I want to do.
I live paycheck to paycheck but am not too worried about it.
   
9. If you discovered your friend's father died of lung cancer how would you react?
  How could anyone in this day and age be a smoker?
I'm empathetic with my friend but her father shouldn't have smoked.
If he smoked what did he expect?
I am very empathetic for my friend and very sorry for the loss of her father.
I feel compassion for my friend.
   
10. Where does your learning end?
  Less than high school
High School
College
Post college work
Never
   
11. Your response to your friend when he/she complains about work is:
  Listen with empathy and offer no suggestions unless requested.
Listen for awhile and interrupt with solutions.
Listen with empathy and offer helpful suggestions.
Dismiss the complaints as of little consequence.
To think about something else while they're complaining.
   
12. At 45 years old, you just lost your job for the 3rd time in 15 years but this time you get a 40k severance payout, just enough to put a down payment that small business you're interested in. You have about 9 month's savings to live on while you attempt to make the business work; you know that 80% of new businesses fail within the first five years. You:
  Sock the 40k in the bank and look for another job in a different field.
Sock the 40K in the bank and look for another job in your field.
Sock the 40k in the bank and go to school full time to prepare for another career.
Sock the 40k in the bank, find another job somewhere and go to back to school.
Buy the business and start a second chapter.
   
13. Your significant other gets into a car accident and calls you. Your first reaction is to:
  Ask about the damage to the car.
Inquire about the other driver.
Ask if the police were called.
Ask if your spouse is ok.
Complain about the inevitable insurance premium increase.
   
14. I'm more of a seeker of knowledge than I was five years ago.
  Strongly disagree
Disagree
Neither agree nor disagree
Agree
Strongly agree
   
15. In my relationship:
  I like to prove my partner wrong.
I like to be right and let my partner know it.
I like to be right
I don't care who's right as long as we are able to get along ok
I work on myself while accepting my partner's foibles.
   
16. I take more risks now than I did five years ago.
  Strongly disagree
Disagree
Neither agree nor disagree
Agree
Strongly agree
   
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