TA Test : What is your driver?

1. Drivers are unconscious internal pressure that makes us do things certain ways. They tend to satisfy inner needs rather than actual events and they often seem inappropriate or unhelpful in obtaining results. Self awareness helps you to identify how you can change the way you think and behave to be more effective.

   The five Drivers are: Be Perfect, Hurry Up, Please People, Be Strong, Try Hard.

   Take each number in turn. From the five descriptions pick out the one which is the most true for you. They may be all true to some degree, just choose the most important one.

2. 1

   Endurance is a valuable asset

   I like to see people doing their best to get things right

   Considering all the effort I put into things I should get more done

   I find myself doing too many things at the last minute

   On balance I adapt more to other peoples wishes than they do to mine

3. 2

   Casualness and carelessness bother me

   It's keeping on doing things that interests me more than finishing with them

   When people are slow about saying something I want to interrupt or finish the sentence

   I have a fair amount of imagination when it comes to guessing what people need

   When someone gets emotional my reaction is often to make a joke of it or else be critical

4. 3

   I don't mind things being hard. I can always find the energy

   I prefer to use just the minimum necessary time to get to a place

   If someone doesn't like me I either try hard to get them to like me or I walk away

   It is rare for me to feel hurt

   If it's a question of doing something properly I'd rather do it myself

5. 4

   I get impatient with slow people

   Normally I prefer to take people's wishes into account before deciding something

   I show a calm face even when my feelings are running high

   I don't make excuses for poor work

   There's something about coming to the end of a job I don't like

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