Are You A Risk Taker?
The purpose of the following questionnaire about risk takng is to see where you are presently. Are you a risk taker or not? Do you want to learn more risk taking behaviors to avoid loneliness, or to obtain more love, friendship, self-esteem and the like? You can see how you compare with others. You can also stimulate your thinking about risks.
Please read the following statements and rank as to how much personal subjective risk you feel might be involved. Use any reference group you prefer, such as the people you live with or work with. Put down your first answer as quickly as possible, because it will most likely be your most honest answer. Do not spend time thinking or rationalizing about it. Please choose the appropriate number based from the scale.
Remember, whatever you score, you can be always be a
winner. Fortunately, you can become an even
bigger winner by doing something about it.
Risk Taking Evaluation*
Quote:Score as follow:
0-- Would be no risk for me
1-- Would be small risk for me
2-- Would be a moderate risk for me
3-- Would be a high risk for me
1. Disclosing certain events about my past to people.
2. Revealing definite negatives feeling about myself to others.
3. Breaking out of a familiar routine.
4. Expressing anger toward anyone.
5. Getting involved with someone even though there may be rejection.
6. Showing affection toward someone.
7. Seeking help with my problems from others.
8. Starting something new (and feeling very happy about it!)
9. Receiving affection from someone.
10. Asking, rather than just wondering, if my partner really loves me.
11. Asking for feedbacks from significant members of a group.
12. Making up my mind quickly about a major life decision and sticking to it.
13. Touching someone else physically.
14. Putting up bail-bond money for my best friend without question.
15. Having someone else touch me.
16. Becoming personal and close with another in a group.
17. Risking money for the sheer excitement of gambling.
18. Making statements that might anger someone else.
19. Expressing sexual attraction for someone.
20. Typically driving too fast, swerving into and out of traffic.
21. Walking out of a group while under stress.
22. Actively betting on events, from sporting activities to politics.
23. Admitting openly that someone has hurt my feelings.
24. Telling others to leave me alone or get off my back.
25. Becoming the center of attention of a group.
26. Giving another person or group member some negative feedback.
27. After receiving money in an unexpected legacy, risking half the capital.
28. Expressing my confusion or uncertainty in the presence of others.
29. Accepting a new job or less money initially, but with better prospects for outstanding performance.
30. Expressing and handling conflicts with another individual.
31. After winning the jackpot on a fruit machine ("one armed bandit"), feeding the coins right back in.
32. Revealing my feelings about my physical traits in a group.
33. Sharing my feelings about another's physical traits in a group.
34. Showing indifference to other members of a group.
35. Making no provisions for retirement in the early stages of work life.
36. Telling another person that he/she has become important to me.
37. Revealing a fantasy about some member or a whole group.
38. Discussing sexual feelings in a group.
39. Admitting an error I made to a group.
40. Expressing anger or dissatisfaction with a group member.
41. Admitting I feel badly for letting other down.
42. Choosing a delightful lover, even if I know I could never last.
43. Admitting I was wrong about another group member.
44. Attempting mountaineering or stock-car racing, if given by chance.
45. Risking my life for some person or cause very important to me.
46. Risking my reputation for some person or cause very important to me.
47. Risking my money for some person or cause very important to me.
48. Constantly risking new experiences in a consistent search for stimulation.
Please count up your score now and add them up.
DO NOT read further until you have a score.
Score*
Under 30: This score is very low, suggesting you are definitely a risk taker. You may even be jeopardizing your financial, social or domestic life. It is very likely you are involved in gambling so that your pocket suffers. Risk taking may be fun for you, but those closest to you may judge you as reckless or foolish. Consider asking yourself why you may seem to be so fearless. You are surely not lonely for want of asking, but possibly because no one can accept it.
30-70: You may not be the world's greatest risk taker, but you surely do take chances. As a car driver, you may be too aggressive. You may be intrigued by gambling, but respond more to the thrill of it rather than hoping to win the lottery. Some people may see you as too unreliable or erratic. Fortunately, you may have sufficient common sense so as not to seriously hurt yourself.
70-100: You are not a high risk taker, but you take chances from time to time. You may have a rather well-balanced approach in the eyes of the majority, but the high risk taker may see you as well below average. You may see yourself, however, as moderating your normal inclination to take a chance with a healthy degree of common sense. If your better judgment advises against taking a risk, you will surely turn down the temptation.
100-120: You may be rather inhibited. You may be pretty lonely and missing out on a great amount of joy and fun. You may even be harming your career by not taking risks, even thought it may seem secure on the surface. Others may reject you because you cannot make commitments to them. Then, you may be lonelier or have low self-esteem because others may want a commitment but you cannot take enough risk.
120-144: If you have answered honestly and scored the questionnaire correctly, you are too rigid, too inflexible, and too passive. You are not any kind of a risk taker. Other may judge you as being unable to take any chances ever. You have allowed yourself to become too handicapped. You definitely need to seek some professional help.