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1. What type of self-leadership strategy are reminders and attention focusers, removal
of negative cues, and increasing positive cues examples of?
a. self-imposed strategies
b. world-altering behavior-focused strategies
c. natural reward strategies
d. constructive thought strategies
2. Which of the following would not be an example of the use of reminders and attention
focusers?
a. placing a piece of paper on a door with a letter on it
b. making a list of things to be accomplished today
c. placing the project with the most importance at the center of the work space
d. removing a candy dish from a coffee table
3. Which of the following would be a way to focus on removal of negative cues when
working?
a. Put down the smart phone.
b. Move the TV to a less used room.
c. Remove a candy dish from coffee table.
d. Place an inspirational quote above work space.
4. How would positive cues be set up to encourage reading?
a. Move the TV and your favorite chair into your room.
b. Put the pile of books you want to read in the basement to avoid clutter.
c. Download your books to the smart phone so you can multi-task.
d. Place books next to your favorite chair, remove smart phone from room, and
download eBook to favorite device.
5. What type of world-altering strategy do we establish by choosing an organization
(and therefore the people we work with)?
a. increasing positive cues
b. removing negative cues
c. attention focusers
d. reminders
6. Which of the following has been shown to be an effective manner to remind one’s
self?
a. to-do list apps and no physical checklist
b. no checklist
c. string around finger but no physical checklist
d. to-do list apps on phone and string around finger
7. Which of the following are examples of world-altering strategies?
a. attention focusers, Self-Goal-Setting, and increasing negative cues
b. increasing negative cues, attention focusers, and increasing positive cues
c. attention focusers, removal of negative cues, and increasing positive cues
d. Self-Goal-Setting and natural rewards
8. It is important to surround ourselves with the right people if we know ______.
a. ourselves and we know what we are striving towards
b. what we are striving towards
c. what we believe in and what we are striving towards
d. what we believe in, what we are striving towards, and know ourselves
9. Which of the following would be manners through which removal of negative cues
could help individuals become healthier?
a. removing candy dishes, avoiding restaurants with dessert bars, and placing TV in
exercise room
b. removing candy dishes, avoiding restaurants with dessert bars, and placing a TV in a
little used room
c. removing candy dishes, not avoiding any restaurants, and placing a TV in a little used
room
d. placing TV in exercise room and not removing candy dishes
10. Many world-altering strategies that allow individuals to make real differences are
______.
a. simple
b. difficult
c. tedious
d. boring
11. ______ is the process of providing direction for one’s self in terms of the end
destination as an example of which self-imposed strategy of self-leadership.
a. Self-observation
b. Self-reward
c. Self-Goal-Setting
d. Self-punishment
12. Which of the following characteristics does a goal that is generally more effective
possess?
a. specific, challenging, and attainable
b. specific, unchallenging, and attainable
c. vague, challenging, and attainable
d. vague, unchallenging, and attainable
13. When you establish why, where, and any conditions for your behavior, you are using
______.
a. self-reward
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b. self-observation
c. self-reflection
d. self-goal-setting
14. The use of self-reward strategies may be useful for persons who are ______.
a. quick to criticize others
b. quick to criticize themselves
c. not feeling self-doubt
d. don’t feel guilty about doing bad
15. Self-punishment focuses on self-applied consequences for behavior by ______
behaviors.
a. decreasing undesired
b. increasing desired
c. increasing undesired
d. decreasing desired
16. Self-observation involves determining ______ about certain behaviors.
a. what behaviors should be increased or decreased
b. why you should receive a promotion
c. what you coworker did to you
d. what your friends get to do on vacation
17. When we use direct control over how we think, act, or believe, we are using ______.
a. natural rewards
b. constructive thought
c. self-imposed behavior focused strategies
d. world-altering behavior focused strategies
18. Which of the following can happen by engaging in practice before an event occurs?
a. detection of problems and making corrections
b. making corrections avoiding costly errors
c. avoiding costly errors
d. detection of problems, making corrections, and avoiding costly errors
19. Setting personal goals can help you achieve the following ______.
a. help us achieve life-goal goals
b. achieve a goal based on what we value in life
c. create shorter term goals to help us achieve long-term goals
d. all of these
20. A major concept behind self-goal-setting is ______.
a. knowing your destination
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b. traveling without a clear picture
c. reaching for easy goals
d. reaching for unattainable goals
21. Our central core or essence that helps us develop a rewarding work and life is
______.
a. purpose
b. goals
c. observation
d. self-leadership
22. If an individual has purpose, it includes ______.
a. the quality we choose to shape our lives around and being a source of energy
b. being a source of energy and source of direction
c. being a source of direction
d. the reason we choose to shape our lives, the source of our energy, and providing a
source of direction
23. Purpose-related self-leadership is important to ______.
a. effective self-leadership
b. people around effective self-leaders
c. people who contented with life
d. all of these
24. If individuals are trying to determine their purpose, which of the following
fundamental questions does it involve asking?
a. Who am I?
b. What am I meant to do here?
c. What am I trying to do with my life?
d. all of these
25. Purpose is a key aspect of the self-goal-setting process, especially self-setting
______ goals.
a. short-term
b. nonfuzzy
c. long-term
d. nonfuzzy and short-term
26. In which of the following self-leadership strategies does purpose have a critical role?
a. self-goal-setting and constructive thoughts
b. natural rewards, self-goal-setting, and constructive thoughts
c. constructive thoughts and natural rewards
d. self-goal-setting and natural rewards
27. Which of the following can be described as understanding the ultimate long-term
goal, therefore guiding every decision?
a. meaning for existence
b. meaning for work
c. short-term goals
d. meaning for relationship
28. By searching and finding your purpose, you will be able ______.
a. to better organize your life and experience pinnacle of happiness
b. experience pinnacle of happiness and pinnacle of productivity
c. experience pinnacle of productivity
d. to better organize your life, experience pinnacle of happiness, and experience
pinnacle of productivity
29. Purpose establishes ______.
a. our ultimate long-term goal
b. short-term goals
c. unclear goals
d. nothing relating to goals
30. Individuals who are truly happy and peaking in their lives are those who are ______.
a. performing a job they don’t like
b. performing a job and accomplishing goals that reflect the purpose in their lives
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c. accomplishing goals, but not in a job they are happy in
d. performing a job they like, but not accomplishing goals that reflect the purpose in their
lives
31. Which of the fundamental questions establish your purpose?
a. Where do I want to work and how much money can I make?
b. What am I good at so I can plan my career?
c. Who am I, what am I meant to do, and what do I want to do with my life?
d. What cause needs me?
1. Both removing negative cues and increasing positive cues make changes to the
environment to enable an individual to more effectively accomplish a task.
2. Self-observation involves determining when, why, and under what conditions we use
certain behaviors.
3. The use of a string tied around a finger is not a simple method to engage in world
altering behavior-focused strategies.
4. All self-imposed behavior-focused strategies involve focusing on the positives that
have occurred.
5. Similar to not having a grocery list, having purpose can help buy only what is truly
important to you.
6. Purpose is an integral part of all effective self-leaders, so it can help you attain peak
performance in all aspects of your life.
7. An important point of self-reward is we should only reward ourselves at a physical
level to achieve the best results.
1. Describe the strategy of using reminders and attention focusers as world-altering
behavior-focused strategies. How has that strategy helped to effectively manage time
and priorities?
2. What are negative and positive cues? What are some examples of each? What are
the benefits to increasing positive cues while reducing negative cues?
3. Explain the differences between self-punishment and self-reward strategies of self-
imposed behavior-focused strategies. Which of these strategies is more highly
recommended to use and why? What is the major negative of the strategy that is not
recommended for as much use?
4. Describe how self-observation determines when, why, and under what conditions we
use certain behaviors? How can self-observation be used to improve individual
effectiveness?
5. What is the importance for having a “purpose” in your life? What is purpose and what
role does it play within the self-goal-setting process? How is having purpose an integral
aspect of effective self-leaders?