This personal evaluation questionnaire includes 50 statements, and will take about 10 minutes to complete. There are no right or wrong answers. Your honest opinion is what counts. For each statement, choose the answer that best describes your opinion. Once you have completed, your answers will be compiled, and you can evaluate your entrepreneurial traits, as concerns motivations, aptitudes and attitudes.
I like to give myself challenges when I take on a new project
I am fairly at ease in difficult situations
Where others see problems, I see possibilities
I always worry about what others will think before doing something important
I am fairly curious and I am continually in search of discovery
I am a lot less effective in stressful situations
I want to build something that will be recognized publicly
When faced with difficulties, I look for alternative solutions
For me, what counts is action
For me, it is possible to influence one's destiny
I am capable of imagining how we can make things work
When I take on a project I have confidence that I will carry it out successfully
I shoot for excellence in everything I do
According to me, we somehow make our own luck
In general, I distrust my instincts
I have no problem working for someone else
I try to be the first or the best in my area of competency
I prefer games of skill over games of chance
I am capable of seeing many solutions to a problem
I prefer having the final say
I always try to learn lessons from my failures
For me, everything is possible if I believe I can do it
I prefer using the good old ways of doing things
What happens to me is what I make happen, not the results of luck of fate
A certain level of stress stimulates me
It is easy for me to motivate others to work with me
I often feel stuck by a difficult situation
I can easily imagine many ways to satisfy a need
After a failure, I am able to pick myself up and start over
I am not always ready to make sacrifices in order to succeed
I don’t like to influence others
To be satisfied with myself, I take on easy projects
When I take on a project, I am not always convinced that I can carry it out successfully
I always try to take calculated risks
I have a hard time functioning in uncertain or ambiguous situations
I am always in the midst of launching new projects
I have a hard time anticipating events, trends
I really enjoy situations where there are rules to respect
I feel money is more important as a measure of my success than for what it can buy
Being too ambitious is often perceived poorly
I have a tendency to put off difficult tasks until later
I am the kind of person to see the glass as half empty instead of half full
There is a time for thought but action is more important
I am not afraid to take on initiatives
No matter what we do, it doesn’t depend on us
I prefer being my own boss
I don’t consider myself more ambitious than others
I always give the best of myself in everything I do
I manage my stress well in ambiguous and uncertain situations
