Calendar or Last Minute Decisions?

How Do You Process the World and Why Does It Matter

Do you like to do things “as they come” or do you have your “to-do” lists? Do you hate routines or are does it make you crazy when the day does not go as planned? Do you have several color coded calendars telling you what will happen next month on a Tuesday or do you keep you options open? Or are you somewhere in-between?

What if you can see that these are only “preferences” - habitual patterns of thinking about the world? What might be possible if you are able to take these “glasses”on and off as you please? How would you relate to others? How might that change the experience of your life?

Do you know your type of default? Take this short quiz and find out. Choose the best response that describes you:

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* 1. Which of these would you prefer:

Come up with a list of advantages and disadvantages of a new project.

Somebody else gives you the list.

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* 2. Your manager tells you do perform a task. She sends you an outline of the steps telling you how she sees it going. Your first reaction is:

This does not make much sense. She did not ask about my input. There is a better way.

Great. Clear instructions. Let’s do it.

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* 3. You are cooking a meal for your close friends:

You experiment even if you have all the ingredients on the list. Things can always be better!

You have a digital scale and a timer. You follow the recipe exactly.

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* 4. You are getting ready for a trip and you:

Checked the GPS. The trip takes 2 hour 9 min and at that hour there will be more traffic so you need to leave earlier.

Consider leaving earlier to explore the countryside on the way, maybe have lunch.

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* 5. If you had to choose, would you rather:

Spend as much time as needed to figure out how to …

Be engaged in a boring task knowing you will finish on time.

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* 6. Imagine you could design your perfect week or a month. Would you like:

Do things on the spot of the moment.

Make plans to make sure you get to do all the things you want to.

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* 7. In general, you find people with set schedules boring and rigid:

Mostly yes.

Mostly no.

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* 8. A friend you have not heard from for a long time calls you and you just know there is a reason for the call (not just a friendly chat).

You ask him what is the reason for the call and to get to the point.You are ok just talking until he gets to the point.

You are ok just talking until he gets to the point.

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* 9. You just made a decision. You looked at all the pros and cons, discussed it with your team. It is done and you shared it with everybody.

It is always possible to change it later.

It is done. What is next?

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* 10. In general, you find people who can’t commit to a meeting next week somewhat unreliable and flaky:

Mostly no.

Mostly yes