1. When it comes to my career or my business, I would describe myself as:
a. a professional eclectic
b. constantly on a learning curve
c. a careerist who is where he/she should be
d. someone who makes a good living
2. My definition of success is:
a. meeting my goals in a timely fashion
b. a sense of moving forward regardless of what others think
c. someone who has the title and salary to match my skills
d. being the person everyone thought I would be
3. When it comes to making decisions, I often:
a. make my decisions quickly after taking in the influences at hand
b. analyze the information and avoid emotional influences
c. make decisions quickly and decisively based on my gut
d. take my time to assess all the possibilities and then determine the best likely outcome
4. Team Work? Here is what I have to say about it:
a. I can do a lot more with the right team in place
b. nothing happens without a “following” and a sense of belonging and I live by that understanding
c. I have always believed that if you need to get something done, best to do it yourself
d. I am a team player
5. Building a brand is all about:
a. finding a point of differentiation that has longevity and obvious benefit to the consumer
b. telling the story of how the brand was created and then inviting others to tell the next chapters within the story of the brand
c. creating the right level of excitement around a brand and then committing to that brand without altering it's image
d. having the right public relations plans in place
6. Sales is all about:
a. asking the right questions to enable you to sell to their weaknesses
b. developing relationships that are based on complimentary values and always filling the gap between desire and need at the right time
c. building a database that has enough volume that you always have deal flow
d. keeping your customers happy
7. The role failure plays in the world of the "ambitionist" is:
a. to ensure that we learn from our mistakes and get up as quickly as possible without making the same mistake again
b. essential to the ultimate success and sense of self worth of each individual
c. to get over it as fast as possible and never look back
d. to avoid it
8. The definition of an "ambitionist" is:
a. someone who learns how to create success by tapping into his or her ambitions
b. someone who knows that success is a celebration of the possible
c. someone who creates success as often as possible
d. someone whom others would call a great success
9. I will know I have reached the pinnacle of my success when:
a. I no longer quest for a final symbol of success
b. I recognize that my desire for success is cyclical
c. I achieve the goals that I set out for myself when I first started working
d. I see the title I have always longed for on my business card
10. The journey of the ambitionist can be described as follows:
a. an ongoing journey that is as much about the journey as the outcome
b. a cycle that takes you through new discoveries and self-evaluation followed by re-invention and finally a return to re-discovery
c. a straight path that goes to the top as quickly as possible
d. it is not a journey but a series of rules that need to be learnt
