TC Certification Quiz

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Confidence is:

Binary, you are confident or you are not

Spectral

Situational

Spectral and situational

How many levels of confidence are there?

At what level of confidence do you learn to convert confidence into influence and opportunity?

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

When you've learned to be consistently confident...even when you have no background or experience, which level of confidence have you attained?

Level 3

Level 2

Level 1

When you achieve the 3rd level of confidence, you can:

Tap into your subconscious mind, consciously and at will

Use your subconscious mind to solve problems

Interpret emotions you're experiencing

Evaluate bizarre ideas that come your way

All of the above

None of the above

Confidence is

Is immutable

An innate ability

A skill that can be learned and taught

Which has the greater impact on the results you get?

Talent

Desire

Perseverance

Can desire predict the likelihood of your success?

Yes

How would you evaluate your likelihood of success?

Based on your background and experience

Based on your ability to learn and adapt

Based on your level of desire

Based on your natural ability

If you used desire to evaluate the probability of success, which tool would you use?

Myers-Briggs measuring natural style

Likert scale measuring desire

DiSC behavioral profile

Which of the following should be your source of confidence?

Your background and experience

Your natural talent

Your ability to learn and adapt

Your level of interest

One of the most common fears is the fear of failure. How can we eliminate this fear?

Don't embark on any new ventures

Delegate in a way that we have no responsibility

Redefine success so that failure isn't possible

Force others to make decisions

When dealing with others, which of the following should we do?

Dictate our terms and conditions

Offer them options and let them choose

Make sure that 'no' is an option

Be vague so that we can't be held accountable

When an opportunity that intrigues you presents itself, what results should you consider to be a win?

The result is what you anticipate

The result is NOT what you hoped

You learned something

You did not get the result you desired, but feel compelled to continue

Is quitters lose, a good motto?

Yes, people give up too quickly on their goals

Yes, there are too many examples that perseverance pays

No, when interest and desire wane you should quit

We are often encouraged to overcome our fears. Is this sage advice?

Yes, if we truly want to be free of fear we should find ways to overcome them

Only if the fear prevents us from doing or accomplishing what we want

Always, overcoming fear builds character

We are counseled to embrace BHAGs (big, hairy, audacious goals). What is the biggest mistake people make in accepting this advice?

They don't revisit the goal often enough to stay focused

They fail to realize that these goals often take decades to achieve

They don't set measurable interim goals to help them stay focused and motivated

What do contentment and desire have in common?

They are both sources of joy

Without contentment in what you have already accomplished, it is unlikely that you'll ever be happy

Without desire you have no opportunity for future accomplishment

All of the above

None of the above

Who are your competitors?

Your classmates

Others who do what you do

Your previous personal best

Those who desire what you desire

There are two lessons we can learn from professional golfers. They are?

Realizing that their only competitor is there previous personal best

The need to practice recovery shots

Mistakes are inevitable

None of the above

All of the above

The language we use can influence the results we get. What tool enables us to use language more effectively?

Neurolinguistic programming

Any reputable dictionary

Writing classes

When should you pay attention to other peoples' perceptions?

When offered in an encouraging way

When they point out a deficiency

When you realize that their suggestion will move you closer to your goal

Never, you should be your own person

When should you feel good about what you've done?

When you've achieved what you desired

When you've accomplished 80% of what you had hoped

When you achieved over 50% of what you desired

When you know you have done your best, realizing that your best is going to vary day to day

Contributory negligence, a natural tendency we all possess, causes us to:

Put a spin on the mistakes we make

Use spin to protect our ego

Use spin to retain credibility with others

None of the above

All of the above

When we readily admit our mistakes, we:

Open the door to more possible solutions

Retain, if not enhance, our credibility with others

Lose credibility with others

Appear inept

What are some little known facts about persuasion?

We need to be persuasive to influence others' thinking

The best way to persuade is to use logic and facts

We can't persuade anyone of anything, they have to persuade themselves

Logic and facts have a 75% chance of creating resistance for our ideas

How can we help others persuade themselves?

By asking questions

Using questions to encourage them to rethink their position

Allowing them to discover the answer on their own

Allowing them to validate their new conclusions with their own experiences

What do we know about judgment?

It's an emotional response

We can't prevent judgments

We can quickly set aside (suspend) judgments

Judgments create bias and limit potential solutions to our problems

Suspending judgments often break down barriers of defensiveness

Judgment is necessary. Without it we stand for nothing.

Only 5% of the population sees similarities, 95% see differences. How can we train our minds to see similarities?

Consciously look for them

Ask our subconscious mind to look for them before embarking on any activity

Do formal exercises designed to help us see similarities

What does it mean to develop a contrarian mindset?

To be obstinate and unyielding in the positions we take

To continuously take the opposing position

To be the voice of reason when a group is euphoric or despondent

To regularly find fault with others' thinking

Why is an eclectic education so important?

It makes you conversant in a wide array of topics

It helps you connect with others more quickly

It makes seeing similarities easier

It enables you to connect ideas from disparate industries/disciplines

When evaluating a number of opportunities simultaneously, which of these questions should you be asking?

Is this the right opportunity for me?

What do I want from life?

What are the risks associated with this opportunity?

Are these risks I am willing to take?

Will this opportunity help me achieve what I want from life?

What impact will this opportunity have on my family?

What's this opportunity worth to me?

How many lives can I favorably impact with this opportunity?

What's the likelihood this opportunity will be available in the future?

Our subconscious minds have the ability to:

Function as an alarm clock/reminder for when tasks are due

Solve problems that our conscious minds have not solved

Interpret emotions and convert them into productive behaviors

Evaluate bizarre ideas as potential opportunities

None of the above

All of the above

When we procrastinate, our subconscious mind is telling us:

We don't have a clue what we're doing

We don't enjoy what we feel we should be doing

We need to abandon the project

We need to ask our subconscious mind to find a more enjoyable way of accomplishing the task

We may need to hire someone to do what needs to be done

When we experience fear, we:

Are being forgetful, we forget that we have never failed to produce a positive result

Are normal, everyone experiences fear

Are being protected from a dangerous situation

Have to decide whether or not to overcome that fear

When we experience frustration it's because:

We are ill-equipped to do the task

We don't enjoy the task

We have set unreasonable expectations for ourselves

At the end of the day, gaining confidence is all about:

Retraining our brains

Willing ourselves to be more confident

Visualizing what we want

Putting up a confident front

Time's up

TEACHING CONFIDENCE

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