Page 30 - 3.2

JIMINY SELF-HELP HANDBOOK 30

5. TESTS VERIFYING THE INCREASE OF KNOWLEDGE

5.1. Initial Assessment
Please identify if the following statements are true or false:

STATEMENT TRUE FALSE

1. Recognising mistakes and taking responsibility for actions and its ☐ ☐
consequences reflects the ability to improve.
2. Recognising and assuming that there are no options is natural and part of ☐ ☐
process of accepting responsibility.
3. Resilient people have an uncanny ability to be flexible and adapt to change. ☐ ☐
4. Resilience involves keeping balance and flexibility in all perspectives of life, ☐ ☐
and this means to assume the maximum tasks possible and avoid trusting in
others.
5. Creative thinking is the ability to make new connections between things or to ☐ ☐
consider something in a new way, with an open and receptive mind.
6. Pragmatism encourages philosophic thinking and turning ideas into theories ☐ ☐
based on observation.
7. Self-analysis helps us to be aware of ourselves, of what we think and what we ☐ ☒
are, allowing us to focus on what really matters to us and in our strengths.
8. Assertiveness, vision and happiness are three of the seven critical skills of ☐ ☐
successful strategic thinkers.
9. Personal goals are the expressions of the things we want to achieve in life. ☐ ☐
10. Anticipating needs and expectations, fostering an environment of growth and ☐ ☐
development, and taking control of our destiny is part of being proactive.

Correct answers

1-true
2-false
3-true
4-false
5-true
6-false
7-true
8-false
9-true
10-true

5.2. Final Assessment
Please fill in the empty spaces choosing from the following list of term the one you believe is correct:
strategic planning; change; pragmatic; self- analysis; goals; creative; proactive; acceptance; ownership;
resilience.

1. ____________ does not mean that we are not feeling the intensity of life events or problems. It
just means that we respond to them quickly and positively.