Instructions: Check the answer to each question that most closely describes your behavior (not your intentions) for each of the time-sensitive items listed below. Although this inventory is, largely, self-explanatory, if you would like to discuss your results and steps you can take to improve your efficiency or effectiveness, e-mail your inventory to us by pressing the SUBMIT button at the bottom of the page.
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1. Can you readily recall all of your key work goals for the current and/or upcoming year?
Sure! Some One What goals
2. Can you list three or more personal goals you've been consistently working toward?
Absolutely! Two!? One Personal goals?
3. Do you consistently use a specific, portable daily planner?
Always! Usually Sometimes What planner?
4. Do you write a to-do list at the beginning of each work day?
1st thing! Usually Seldom Never
5. Do you write a to-do list at the beginning of non-work days?
Definitely! Usually Seldom You're kidding?
6. Do you prioritize the items on your to-do list?
Sure! Usually Sometimes Never
7. Do you complete your listed activities according to their priorities?
Always Mostly Sometimes Priorities?
8. How effective are you at cutting off non-work interruptions?
Super! Okay Fair Crummy
9. How effective are you at cutting off work-related, low priority interruptions?
Fabulous Okay Fair Crummy
10. Have you ever 'burned out' in a job or a voluntary activity?
Never Almost Yes Frequently
11. What would a neutral observer say about your office/work area?
Organized Uncluttered Casual Squalid
12. Do you have and use a filing system?
Yes, always Yes, mostly Sporadically No, not really
13. How often do you 'lose' things in your office/work area?
Never Occasionally Daily Help!!
14. Your boss delegates tasks to you that are
Interesting Confusing Routine Impossible
15. How good is your boss at giving clear, comprehensive delegation instructions?
Great Okay Could improve I'll take the 5th
16. Do you find yourself doing urgent but fairly unimportant tasks?
Never Occasionally Too often It's my life!
17. In meetings or conversations, do you ever find your 'mind wandering' instead of listening to what's being said?
Never Sometimes Too often Frequently
18. How many files/pounds of paper are in your office/work area that you haven't looked through in the past 6 weeks?
None A couple/2 oz. A dozen/2 lbs. Get the truck!
19. Do you procrastinate?
Never Occasionally Too often Daily
20. Are you punctual?
Always Usually Sometimes Never
21. Is your productivity diminished by incoming, relatively unimportant phone calls?
Never Sometimes Too often Yes, severely
22. Do you spend 2 or more hours per week in poorly planned/low priority meetings?
No Occasionally Regularly More!!
23. Do you prolong poorly planned/low priority meetings?
Never Seldom Sometimes Yes!!
24. Do you ever end a day in your present job with the feeling that nobody cares or notices your efforts?
Never Occasionally Too often Frequently
25. Do you open/look through obvious junk mail?
Never Seldom Sometimes Regularly
26. How much time would you say you spend waiting per week (in lines, while commuting, at airports, etc.)?
3 hours plus 2 hours plus 1 hour plus Under 1 hour
27. Would people who know you call you a perfectionist?
No Not many A few Lots of people
28. Do you "run out of gas" after lunch or at some other regular time of the day?
No A little Occasionally Yes!
29. How strong is your tendency to think about what you're going to say next while in a conversation with someone else?
I don't Occasionally Frequently Habitually
30. How long do you spend commuting to and from work per day?
Over 2 hrs. Over 1 hr. Over 30 min. Under 30 min.
31. Do projects or complex tasks you're involved in ever 'bottleneck' - stop because of an unanticipated need?
Never Seldom Occasionally Too often
32. How good are you at changing habits (like dieting, smoking, etc.)?
Great Good Marginal Terrible