Are You Living Up to Your Full Potential?

Zoe Samuel

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About This Quiz

While it's OK to rest on your laurels sometimes, a rewarding life will mean pushing your limits. Are you sailing along comfortably, striving hard, or something in between?

Did you finish high school?

Yes, a year early

Yes, on time
Yes, just barely

No

How about college?

Yes, I have a PhD

Yes, I have a Masters
Yes, I have a Bachelors

Nope

Do you ever forget to reply to an email?

Rarely

Only on purpose
Often

All the time

How many times a week are you late for work?

Never

Once
Twice

I sometimes just don't go

Medical conditions you can't control aside, do you feel satisfied with your health?

Yes, absolutely

Mostly
Sometimes

No, I am not in good shape

How often do you exercise?

Daily

Three times a week
Sometimes I walk to work

Sometimes I walk to the water cooler

Do you eat your fruit and veg?

Yes, I am a vegan

Yes, I eat a balanced omnivorous diet
I do, but I eat a lot of candy too

I only eat fried food

At the end of a long day, do you cook or order in?

I don't have to cook, I did all my meal prep on Sunday

I cook
I order in

I grab McDonald's on the way home

If you meet someone you would like to date, what do you do?

Ask them out - that's easy

Ask them out, but in a really roundabout way
Put myself nearby and hope they ask me out

Tell everyone but do nothing

Do you volunteer for charity ever?

Yes, I am a mentor and I donate to poor kids

I give a little money
I really should get around to that

No, I am too poor and busy

Do you do anything for the planet in the course of a day?

Yes, I limit my use of plastic, I use public transport, and I do not eat meat

I turn everything off when I leave the room
I worry about it I guess

Nope

Do you revise hard ahead of exams?

Yes, like a demon

Yes, mostly
I cram

No, I wing it

Do you read more books than your work or studies require?

I read two books a week

I read one book a week
I read one book a month

I read Twitter

Are you intellectually curious?

Yes, very

I think so
In certain areas

No, that's too much like hard work

Subject to your financial means, do you travel?

Yes, to new and exotic places

Yes, to places that are not too far or weird
Yes, to the same place often

No, that's scary

Do you question what you have been told?

All the time

Depends who said it
Only when it stops working for me

No, that's work I don't need

Are you open-minded?

Yes, most of the time

Yes, unless it's a field I am an expert in
No, that would mean rethinking things too often

Yes, I can't be bothered to think too hard

Do you use recreational drugs?

Never

I did as a college kid
I smoke a little dope

If it gets you high, I do it

Do you ever eat more cookies than fit into whatever your current diet plan allows, cookie-wise?

No, the plan is the plan

Yes, if someone took the trouble to make them
Yes, if they are good cookies

Yes, if they are cookies, because all cookies are the best cookie

Do you sometimes forget to eat and then get low blood sugar?

No, that's dumb

Only if I am super busy
Only when I am on deadline and getting food is a hassle

Quite a lot, yes

Do you work hard at your job, even though not all your efforts will be noticed?

Of course

No, only when it is noticed
I don't work that hard even if it is noticed

I specifically avoid working hard, ever

Do you go for a promotion when you can?

I just got one, thanks for asking

I am planning to
I dare not, that's scary

Nah, that's just more responsibility

Do you ask for what you are worth?

Yes, and I get it

Yes, but I fold under pressure and accept less
Yes, if I am encouraged enough

No, and I don't get it

Do you do anything to help in your community, like sit on your building's condo board or keep an eye on your neighbor's pets when they go away?

Yes, all of the above and I'm planting a garden for the community too

Yes, a couple things like that
No, I'm too busy

I know all the gossip, that's helpful right?

Do you know what's going on in the world, generally speaking?

Of course, you have to know to be an informed citizen

I read one paper from each side of the political spectrum, to get the real truth
I watch cable news, which is like totally adequate for that, right?

I watch Fox News, so no

Do you have a long term plan?

Yes, I am ahead of it

Yes, I am roughly in line with it
Yes, but I don't stick to it

No

Do you say your goals out loud so you make them real?

Daily

Yes, but I felt silly so I stopped
No, that's dumb

I have no goals

Do you have an accountability partner for fitness, career, or other goals?

Yes, one per project

Loosely, yes
That's a good idea!

No, then someone will know how lazy I am

Do you consider yourself ambitious?

Yes, 100%

Yes, 90%
Sort of, maybe 50%

LOL no, I'm a 5%

Do you believe the best things in life are win-win?

It's not a question of believing, they are!

Experience suggests I should, so yes
Yeah, mostly

Nah

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