Is your glass half full or half empty?
How do you view the world?
Take the life orientation test to help you recognise your general outlook on life:
| Question | Strongly Disagree | Disagree | Neutral | Agree | Strongly Agree | |
| 1 | In uncertain times, I usually expect the best | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | It is easy for me to relax | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | If something can go wrong for me it will | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | I am always optimistic about my future | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | I enjoy my friends a lot | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | It is important for me to keep busy | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | I hardly ever expect things to go my way | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | I don’t get upset too easily | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | I rarely count on good things happening to me | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 10 | Overall i expect more good things that bad to happen to me | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Scoring: First of all there is no benchmark for optimism/pessimism, but this scale gives you a good idea of where your natural responses might lie.
Add up your score for questions 1, 4, and 10 this will give you a score for optimism
- Score 1-6 low
- Score 7-11 average
- Score 12-15 high
Add up your score for question 3, 7, and 9 this will give you a score for pessimism
- Score 1-6 high
- Score 7-11 average
- Score 12-15 low
Ignore the rest… they are just there as fillers and to stop you from trying to second guess the questions.
Now you have a rough idea of how you might generally tend to view the world, take some time to reflect on how this impacts you both personally and professionally.
