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Is your glass half full or half empty?

How do you view the world?

Take the life orientation test to help you recognise your general outlook on life:

##	## Question	## Strongly Disagree	## Disagree	## Neutral	## Agree	## Strongly Agree
## 1	## In uncertain times, I usually expect the best	## 1	## 2	## 3	## 4	## 5
## 2	## It is easy for me to relax	## 1	## 2	## 3	## 4	## 5
## 3	## If something can go wrong for me it will	## 1	## 2	## 3	## 4	## 5
## 4	## I am always optimistic about my future	## 1	## 2	## 3	## 4	## 5
## 5	## I enjoy my friends a lot	## 1	## 2	## 3	## 4	## 5
## 6	## It is important for me to keep busy	## 1	## 2	## 3	## 4	## 5
## 7	## I hardly ever expect things to go my way	## 1	## 2	## 3	## 4	## 5
## 8	## I don’t get upset too easily	## 1	## 2	## 3	## 4	## 5
## 9	## I rarely count on good things happening to me	## 1	## 2	## 3	## 4	## 5
## 10	## Overall i expect more good things that bad to happen to me	## 1	## 2	## 3	## 4	## 5

Scoring: First of all there is no benchmark for optimism/pessimism, but this scale gives you a good idea of where your natural responses might lie.

Add up your score for questions 1, 4, and 10 this will give you a score for optimism

Score 1-6 low
Score 7-11 average
Score 12-15 high

Add up your score for question 3, 7, and 9 this will give you a score for pessimism

Score 1-6 high
Score 7-11 average
Score 12-15 low

Ignore the rest… they are just there as fillers and to stop you from trying to second guess the questions.

Now you have a rough idea of how you might generally tend to view the world, take some time to reflect on how this impacts you both personally and professionally.

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