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Your Financial Stress Profile—Questionnaire
Rate each statement listed below in terms of the amount of pressure you feel and circle your answer. How strongly would each affect you if you were in that situation?
SttressorNo.o9.—1A3mMbaitikoinnsg Decisions
FEELING PRESSURE FROM DECISION MAKING
NONE
MILD
MODERATE
SEVERE
You’re asked by a colleague to reconsider a question on which you’ve already stated your opinion for the record
You’ve just become aware of new scientific evidence that challenges one of your long-standing beliefs
You discover a trusted employee has been selling your company secrets to the competition
You sit in the audience while the appointed president of your social club openly violates one of your club rules to benefit his wife
You question a friend’s policy to always rely on written contracts in situations where money is involved
Your spouse complains that you don’t listen when others are stating their point of view
You must always study a situation out thoroughly before you’re ready to move ahead with a decision
You’re helping your community service group by acting as a disagreement arbitrator
You read in the newspaper about an arbitrary change in a ruling by your local city council that could affect your neighborhood
0123 0123 0123 0123 0123 0123 0123 0123 0123
Your new work assignment requires you to make split-second decisions 0123
TOTAL
This rates the pressure you feel from making decisions. SUBTOTALS:
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“I have accustomed myself to receive with respect the opinions of others but always take the responsibility of deciding for myself.”
~ Andrew Jackson
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