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Know Your EQ + Mindset™

Answer all 40 statements

Respond based on how you actually behave, not how you think you should answer. There are no right or wrong answers.

Self-Awareness

1. I can usually name what I am feeling while I am feeling it.
2. I understand the situations that tend to trigger frustration, anxiety, or defensiveness in me.
3. I regularly reflect on how my behavior affects other people.
4. I can recognize when my mood is influencing my decisions.
5. I know the difference between my intentions and how I may actually come across.
6. When I am under pressure, I often do not notice how I am showing up to others.
7. I can identify recurring emotional patterns that help or hurt my effectiveness.
8. It sometimes takes me a long time to realize that an emotion has been driving my behavior.

Self-Management

9. I can pause before responding when I feel frustrated.
10. I manage stress in ways that help me stay effective and professional.
11. I can stay focused even when emotions are high.
12. I follow through on commitments even when my motivation drops.
13. I can receive disappointing news without taking it out on other people.
14. When I am upset, I tend to react quickly and clean it up later.
15. I use practical habits to regulate my energy, attitude, and behavior.
16. Strong emotions can easily pull me away from how I intended to respond.

Social Awareness

17. I can usually sense when someone is uncomfortable, discouraged, or disengaged.
18. I listen for what people mean, not only the words they use.
19. I notice shifts in tone, energy, and body language during conversations.
20. I consider how decisions may emotionally affect other people.
21. I can read the room before deciding how to communicate.
22. I sometimes miss signs that people are frustrated or confused.
23. I try to understand another person's perspective before judging their response.
24. I can become so focused on the task that I overlook what others may be experiencing.

Relationship Management

25. I can have difficult conversations without unnecessarily damaging trust.
26. I communicate expectations clearly and respectfully.
27. I work to repair relationships when tension or misunderstanding occurs.
28. I give feedback in a way that helps people understand what to do next.
29. I can influence others without relying only on authority or position.
30. When conflict happens, I tend to avoid it longer than I should.
31. I build relationships that make collaboration easier.
32. When a relationship becomes tense, I sometimes focus more on being right than on restoring productive communication.

Growth Mindset

Scored completely separately from your EQ dimensions above.

33. I believe I can improve important abilities through learning, effective strategies, and practice.
34. When I struggle with something, I look for a different strategy rather than treating the struggle as proof that I cannot do it.
35. Useful feedback gives me information I can use to improve.
36. I can learn something valuable from mistakes even when the outcome is disappointing.
37. If I am not naturally good at something, there is usually only so much I can do to improve.
38. When I fail at an important task, I tend to see it as evidence of what I am capable of.
39. Needing significant effort at something usually means I do not have the right ability for it.
40. I would rather stay with work I know I can do well than risk looking incapable while learning something difficult.