Self Awareness Test – Discover Your Hidden Opportunity for Growth and Success

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With over 50,000 submissions, this is our most popular online quiz because it reveals uncommon opportunities for personal growth. The self awareness test does not include interpersonal skills, which may be a future project.

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How self aware are you?

Do you have enough curiosity to take a penetrating self awareness test with a few twists? The quiz on this page will inspire you to think about areas of life you may have never considered. It could be challenging. That’s good!

Why?

Because enlightenment begins with self awareness. This quiz puts self awareness in a framework that creates insight. On a journey toward greater enlightenment, this could be a tool you’ve been missing. Most people report more than one aha-moment.

Sound good?

Any good self awareness test considers what goes on beneath the surface.

The iNLP Center uses the diagram above when teaching the NLP Meta Model, which is a set of questions that probe beneath the surface of vague communication. The Meta Model opens the door into a whole new world of self-discovery. Some of these discoveries are featured in our self awareness test.

The unconscious becomes conscious: Enlightenment!

The self you can be aware of is much more than the conscious mind. Neuro-Linguistic Programming suggests much of our thinking and communication lies outside conscious awareness (non-verbal communication, to give one simple example, goes largely unnoticed by most). Non-conscious thoughts and communication have a much greater impact than what we consciously notice. Here’s a great post that cites research on this.

Likewise, your unconscious mind has a greater impact on your life than you can imagine. For example, 90% of decisions are made unconsciously, according to research. You only know what you’ve decided moments after the fact.

Doesn’t it seem important to increase self awareness?

The more aware you are, the more choices you have!

NLP and life coaching students have an advantage over non-NLP-trained people. They’ve learned things that expand self awareness. Of course, you don’t need to be enrolled in an NLP course to benefit from this test. It’s for everyone.

The self awareness test should prove to be enlightening to anyone, even to those who’ve been working on themselves for years.

How to take the self awareness test:

Each question on the self awareness test has five response options. Choose the option that best describes you. When you submit the self awareness test, you’ll be forwarded to your score and an interpretation.

FYI, this self awareness test is not a scientific or clinical assessment. It’s based on 25 years experience as a counselor, NLP trainer and life coach. We have no control over the test conditions, so consider your results for entertainment purposes or education only.

The areas represented on the self awareness test represent the ‘hot spots’ of self awareness that can save you from problems and pain or lead you straight into them.

10 Self-Awareness Test Categories: Please Read!

1. Inner Self – Visual, auditory and kinesthetic

A classic model of neuro-linguistic programming, the VAK model suggests we process information on the inside through seeing, hearing and feeling. Further, our processing is redundant. In other words, seeing an internal image will inspire feelings about the image and sounds either related to the image or our own inner commentary. Seeing, hearing and feeling all work together.

2. Personal Paradigm

A personal paradigm is a worldview. It answers questions about how life exists and why we’re here. There is a God who created the universe. There is not a God. People are basically good and here to help each other. People are animals interested in survival. And so forth.

3. Personal Beliefs: Positive and Negative

Personal beliefs are perspectives about what is true (for you). In the self-awareness test, we’ll focus on your internal beliefs related to who you are and what you’re capable of accomplishing in the world.

4. Life Values

Life values are indications of what’s important to you in life. You can trust that a value is important to you (or congruent) when it successfully guides your decisions. So, if health is important to you, then you will make healthy decisions. If success is important to you, then you’ll make decisions and spend your time in ways that lead to greater success.

5. Inner Conflict

Inner conflict is part of the human condition. It happens when your beliefs conflict with each other. For example, you may believe you are capable of succeeding in life. At the same time, you may harbor doubt about your abilities. This is a sign of inner conflict.

You may also have values that conflict. You may value security because it helps you feel safe. At the same time, you may love freedom. These two values may lead to conflicting desires and difficult decisions.

6. Stress and Negativity Triggers

Triggers are those things in the outside world that automatically set you off into a negative state. A classic example is someone running their fingernails down a chalkboard (although chalkboards aren’t so common anymore:) This might make you cringe instantly.

When you find yourself in a negative state, there is always a trigger. Something that prompted your reaction. A particular tone of voice or seeing a specific object (dirty socks on the floor) might trigger you, for example.

7. Inner Parents

The influence of parents or primary caregivers is pervasive. Nobody leaves childhood without taking their parents with them on the inside. Beliefs, values, behaviors and personal paradigms are all heavily influenced by parents during formative years. How are you carrying your parents?

8. Personal Limitations

We all have limitations. Some of these are self-imposed, usually due to limiting beliefs. Others are legitimate limitations to our intelligence and natural skills. For example, I know I do not have the intellectual capacity to formulate physics theories like Einstein. I know I can’t beat Roger Federer in tennis. In this case, the word can’t is not a negative term. It’s simply the truth about the limits of my skills or natural gifts.

9. Self Sabotage

Your own worst enemy! Do you know why you sometimes sabotage your success? Do you know how – or understand the intention behind self sabotage? This part of the quiz will highlight how you might get in your own way.

10. Your Future

People are naturally goal-oriented. We move toward what we want. Consciously setting goals is one way to be intentional about the future. This section of the self awareness test will help you learn where you stand in this area.

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iNLP Center Self Awareness Test

How aware are you of visual images in your mind?*

Option 1: I am not aware, or am minimally aware of inner images. I don’t see pictures in my mind.

Somewhere in between option 1 and 2

Option 2: I can see images in my mind at times, but don’t have control over them – or it has never occured to me that I can change or use them on purpose.

Somewhere in between option 2 and 3.

Option 3: I am very aware of my inner images and can work with them, adjusting location, size, distance, brightness, clarity and so forth, to suit my purposes.

How in tune are you with the sounds in your mind?*

Option 1: I do not hear inner sounds well (remembering music or converations, self-talk etc…) Not so tuned in!

Somewhere between option 1 and 2.

Option 2: I am aware of inner sounds. I can remember music, other’s voices and so forth, but don’t exercise any control over it or really connect to how inner sounds affect me.

Somewhere between option 2 and 3.

Option 3: I am very aware of inner sounds and can control them, adjusting the volume, tone, pitch, location and distance at will, to suit my purposes.

How in touch with your feelings are you?*

Not so much. I tend to live more in my head.

Somewhere between option 1 and 2.

Somewhat. I know when I am having emotions, but I can’t influence them very much.

Somewhere between option 2 and 3.

Very in touch. I know what I feel and can experience emotions thoroughly. I know how to label my feelings and have significant control over them, knowing their location in my body, intensity, shape, size, duration, movement and so forth. When negative emotions arise, I know how to handle them productively.

Triggers: What sets you off?*

Option 1: No idea what triggers me when I feel bad. I just react.

Somewhere between option 1 and 2.

Option 2: I have triggers and, if I think about it, could probably come up with one or two. But I’ve never thought proactively about triggers or realized you could do anything about them.

Somewhere between option 2 and 3.

Option 3: I can get very specific about my triggers and understand the stimulus response process. I know that if I am reacting to anything poorly, I can (and often do) identify the trigger and take steps to reduce my negative response. Triggers are automatic reactions, but I know specifically how to introduce choice when appropriate.

Limitations: What can you do? What can’t you do?*

Option 1: I don’t consider limitations. I just do what I do. Why would anyone think about their limitations anyway?

Somewhere between option 1 and 2.

Option 2: I get that everyone has limitations. I could tell you some obvious things about what I can and can’t do, but I haven’t thought deeply about where I bump into my limitations in my day to day life. I’m somewhat uncomfortable thinking that I just can’t do certain things, like having limitations is a negative, rather than something useful to understand.

Somewhere between option 2 and 3.

Option 3: I understand my limitations in every important area of my life and am comfortable with them. I’m a human being. Being so clear about what I can and can’t do is a huge relief and time saver. I could give you example after example.

Personal beliefs about yourself and your capabilities*

Option 1: I don’t know what I believe. I don’t think in terms of beliefs about myself.

Somewhere between option 1 and 2.

Option 2: I understand the concept of personal belief – and how they can help or hurt you. I coudn’t necessarily make you a specific list of my positive and negative beliefs, but I could speculate with you and probably identify some.

Somewhere between option 2 and 3.

Option 3: I can make you a list of several positive and negative beliefs I have about myself and my capabilities in life. I also understand specifically how these beliefs help me or limit me. I can give you several specific examples of how beliefs play out in my life.

Life values: What’s most important to you in life?*

Option 1: Life values? I honestly don’t know what’s important to me in life. Haven’t thought about values much.

Somewhere between option 1 and 2.

Option 2: I have some ideas about what’s most important to me in life, but not tons of clarity. I couldn’t make a quick list, then explain how I am living up to my values. It’s more of a vague idea in my mind that I think about now and then.

Somewhere between options 2 and 3.

Option 3: Yes, I do know my life values. I am very clear on what is most important to me. I can make a list of my top 5 values, prioritized. I consciously make important decisions according to my values and could give you a simple accouting of how I am living/not living according to my values.

Personal Paradigm: What’s your worldview?*

Option 1: No idea, really, what I believe about God, the universe or the nature of human beings. I try not to think about it.

Somewhere between option 1 and 2.

Option 2: I’ve thought about it. I can’t say I’ve landed anywhere for sure. You could say I believe certain things, but I don’t know how these beliefs are serving me.

Somewhere between option 2 and 3.

Option 3: I know clearly and specifically what I believe about God, the universe and the nature of people. I could write an essay to explain my rationale, point by point. I also know how it serves me to believe as I do. Finally, I can understand and respect the difference between my own paradigm and that of others.

Inner Conflicts: What divides you?*

Option 1: I really have no idea how my beliefs or values or desires conflict.

Somewhere between option 1 and 2.

Option 2: I understand that I may not always be aligned on the inside, but I don’t have much clarity on how I am conflicted. I couldn’t explain what is conflicted with what. I don’t know how my personal beliefs conflict with each other, or how my values may not be aligned.

Somewhere between option 2 and 3.

Option 3: I’ve identified and worked with my inner conflicts, yes. I can see conflicting beliefs and values and explain how these conflicts affect my life and decision-making. I know the symptoms of conflict and explore my beliefs and value conflicts when necessary.

Inner Parents: How do you reflect your parents?*

Option 1: My parents? I don’t know. They just are who they are. I can’t tell you much more.

Somewhere between option 1 and 2.

Option 2: I know my parents had a big impact on me, but I can’t tell you many specifics. Sure I have opinions about the type of people they were, but I’d have a harder time explaining their specific impact on me – on how I feel about myself, act and believe. I guess I am like my parents in certain ways, but that’s not something I’ve really explored..

Somewhere between option 2 and 3.

Option 3: I understand the profound impact of parents and I have examined my parents’ role in creating who I am today. I can tell you both the positive and negative ways that I am like my parents. I can identify which of my positive and negative beliefs were inspired by them. I am open to someone saying, “You’re just like your mother/father.” I can handle that and seek to learn from it. When the subject is my parents, I am at peace with both of them, on the inside and outside.

Self-Sabotage: How do you get in your own way?*

Option 1: I don’t know. If something goes wrong, it’s usually somebody else’s fault.

Somewhere between option 1 and 2.

Option 2: I get how I can be my own worst enemy, and might be able to tell you what I do that is counter-productive. I couldnt’t tell you why I do such things, though, and don’t know what to do about it, if anything is to be done.

Somewhere between option 2 and 3.

Option 3: I am fully capable of self-sabotaging and regularly watch out for this universal tendency. When I go in the wrong direction, with negative behaviors, thoughts and feelings, I can become aware of and explore what’s going on inside me. Given a little processing time and perhaps some feedback, I eventually understand how I am seeking negativity and even know why I am seeking the very thing that makes me unhappy. I am capable of being 100% honest about my dark side.

Your Future – What role do goals play in your life?*

Option 1: Hey, I’m just going with the flow here. Don’t talk to me about what I really want. I couldn’t tell you.

Somewhere between option 1 and 2.

Option 2: I know people are naturally goal-oriented, seeking what we need or want. I think about this and could talk about goals to get clearer within myself. But I can’t say that I intentionally pursue goals on a regular basis.

Somewhere between option 2 and 3.

Option 3: Goal-setting is one of the regular tools I use in my life. I can tell you my top 3 goals right now, along with expected timelines and specific plans for achieving them.

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