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A Quick Little Quiz to See What You’ve Learned
Here’s a chance for you to test your skills! This is a fun thing that you can use to test out your acquaintances. How much do you really know about how people work? I hope the answers you get will lead to interesting discussions, either around the water cooler or at the dinner table at home.
1. Which combination of profiles would naturally agree on a social
level?
Two Yellows
Two Reds
Yellow and Red
Blue and Green All of the above
2. Which combination of profiles naturally work well together?
Green with anyone else
Two Yellows
Two Reds
Blue and Red All of the above
3. Which profile will always prefer to be the head of a project?
Red
Yellow
Green Blue
4. Which profile would make the best surgeon?
Red
Yellow
Green Blue
5. Which person would enjoy giving a speech the most?
Red
Yellow
Green Blue
6. Which person would know exactly where he saved that email from
his boss?
Red
Yellow
Green Blue
7. Which person would want to do more tests or get more information
before making a decision?
Red
Yellow
Green Blue
8. Which person can you always rely on to arrive on time?
Red
Yellow
Green Blue
9. Which person doesn’t follow the rulebook to get a job done?
Red
Yellow
Green Blue
10. Which person would be the most willing to try something new to get the
job done?
Red
Yellow
Green Blue
11. Which person will remember personal criticism the longest?
Red
Yellow
Green Blue
12. Which person is the least organized but knows exactly where to go to get
what he needs?
Red
Yellow
Green Blue
13. Which profile always wants to make decisions?
Red
Yellow
Green Blue
14. Which profile wears the latest fashions?
Red
Yellow
Green Blue
15. Which profile would enjoy new challenges the most?
Red
Yellow
Green Blue
16. Which profile would be the quickest to judge other people?
Red
Yellow
Green Blue
17. Which combination of profiles would form the best team?
Two Greens
Two Reds
Yellow and Red
Blue and Green A mixture of all the colors
18. Which profile will probably talk the most?
Red
Yellow
Green Blue
19. Which profile would assimilate new ideas the quickest?
Red
Yellow
Green Blue
20. Which profile would delegate a task but then still do it himself?
Red
Yellow
Green Blue
21. Which profile is the best listener?
Red
Yellow
Green Blue
22. Which profile wouldn’t miss the last step of the instructions?
Red
Yellow
Green Blue
23. Which profile is most common in your social circle?
Red
Yellow
Green Blue
The answers can be found on page 269.
More About Question 23
At work, you can’t always choose the people you’ll work with. They’re just there, whether you would have chosen them or not. In the professional world, you have to play a good game with the cards that you have. But outside of work, when you can choose who you will spend your time with, what kind of people do you choose? Have you chosen people who are similar to yourself, or do you hang out with people who are your total opposite?
Of course, there are no right or wrong answers, but it’s interesting to think about it. When we can choose, whom do we choose?
And how do we choose the partner we want to spend the rest of our lives with? Your mirror image, or your opposite? A fascinating question, right?
