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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?
Your spouse wants you to take the weekend off to relax, but you planned to finish a long overdue work assignment
Stressor No. 9—Ambitions Stressor No. 9 Ambitions
PRESSURES FROM CONFLICTING DESIRES
NONE
MILD
MODERATE
SEVERE
0123 You’re bored and restless at your present job, but it pays you well 0123
Your business partner wants to stretch your company resources to the breaking point to invest in an important new piece of equipment
You’re faced with the choice of keeping an important business appointment or going to your child’s Little League game
You’ve been working extremely hard to earn this job promotion, but now that you’ve got it, you’re having second thoughts about whether or not you like it
Your good friend criticizes you for being too cautious about making a move to a more expensive home in a new neighborhood
0123 0123 0123 0123
Your lifelong dreams seem to be eluding you 0123
Your company will be forced to close its doors if you don’t clinch this next big deal, and you’ll have to go back to work for your old boss
You accidentally overhear members of your club questioning the course your life is taking
Now that you’re on the vacation you’ve saved for, you’re disappointed and having second thoughts about where you should’ve spent your money
0123 0123 0123
TOTAL
This rates the pressure you feel from conflicting desires. SUBTOTALS:
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“The same ambition can destroy or save, and make a patriot or make a knave.”
~ Alexander Pope
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