The Changemaker Test

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Recall a recent party/event/vacation that you attended. As you recall the event, which of the following descriptive words do you primarily use in describing the event: (Choose ONE)

1. Big picture — view — see — clear to me — looks like

2. Sounds good — listen — do you hear that — it is so loud

3. Feels right — rubs me the wrong way — how do you feel

B. Indicate your birth order in your family of origin: (Choose ONE)

4. First born

5. Second

6. Third born

7. Fourth born

8. Last born

9. Only born

C. In our family of origin, we each played two roles: our “doing” role (how we appear to others) and our “being” role (the role we choose to solve our emotional problems).

Choose TWO roles that describe you:

Label one “doing” and the other “being

10. High achiever — does what is right — successful

11. Defiant — rebel — “black sheep” — lots of friends

12. Withdrawn — quiet — super-independent — follower

13. Hyperactive — “clown” — super cute — humorous —

charmer

D. We each have four basic strategies for using our energy. We use all four of them once in awhile, but there are TWO dominant energies that we use to solve problems. Choose the TWO energies that you use most frequently.

14. Analyze — organize — has plan of action — sets goals

15. Evaluates decisions by the reactions of others

16. Believes in solutions — helps others to reach

decisions

17. Flexible in decision-making — playful with

solutions–imaginative

E. This last section is harder to do in that you must choose one answer from each group so that you will end up with four answers for the whole section. Or example, your answer might be 17–19–21–23 or 17–20–22–23 — whatever answers you choose will be four numbers (one number from each of the following four groups).

Basic outlook on life? (Choose ONE):

18. Interested in outer world of actions and persons

19. Interested in inner world of concepts and ideas

What do you most pay attention to? (Choose ONE)

20. Taking information in through five senses

21. Taking information in by “sensing” what is

going on

How do you decide? (Choose ONE)

22. By organizing information in a logical way

23. By organizing information in a more personal

way

What life style have you adopted? (Choose ONE)

24. Lives in a decisive way to control events

25. Lives in flexible way to adapt to life

ANSWER SHEET–

Changemaker Answer Sheet

A. Neurolinguistic programming (choose one):

1.

2.

3.

B. Birth order (choose one):

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

C. Family roles (choose two):

10.

11.

12.

13.

D. Energies (choose two):

14.

15.

16.

17.

E. Myers-Briggs Personality Profile (choose one from each pair to have four numbers):

18. OR 19.

20. OR 21.

22. OR 23.

24. OR 25.

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Kathy Berman
Discovering Yourself is Your Greatest Adventure

Addiction recovery date:11/24/1976. kathyberman.com. Addiction recovery; eating clean; self-discovery. Kathy Berman’s Publications lists my Medium publications.