Do you ever feel that daily planners weren’t made for your needs?
- Do you wonder how to manage your time and schedule using a daily planner, but haven’t found the right help?
- Do you struggle to stay on top of things or wonder why you can’t get things done?
- Take The Busy Woman’s Personality Based Time Management Quiz © (below) to estimate your personality type.
Personality Based Time Management Quiz © brought to you by The Busy Woman
1. Your friend comes for a visit and you serve coffee.
When she is finished with her cup, she sets it on the coffee table.
Would you:
1. immediately whisk the cup to the kitchen, wash, dry, and put it away?
2. wait until she leaves, then take the cup to the kitchen, wash, dry and put it away?
3. take it to the sink on one of your passes through the living room and put it in the sink with the other dishes to be washed later?
4. not notice it again until your kid asks if he can take the mug to school to show and tell the slime mold growing in it?
Circle one: 1 2 3 4
2. If you were to go to your closet right now you would find:
1. all of the clothes hung in categories of style then subdivided into sub-categories of color and length?
2. all of the clothes hung neatly from longer to shorter?
3. most of the clothes hung on hangers and closet hooks with no semblance of order?
4. half of the clothes hung and half strewn on the chair and floor?
Circle one: 1 2 3 4
3. When someone is late it:
1. drives you crazy and puts you in a bad mood?
2. drives you crazy but you quickly get over it?
3. is bothersome but you find other things to do while you wait?
4. never notice when others are late because you’re always later?
Circle one: 1 2 3 4
4. When you make plans to go somewhere new you:
1. carefully map out your route ahead of time making a contingency plan should the original go awry?
2. write the information down and look at it before you begin?
3. try to do things from memory and, if you find yourself lost, finally resort to looking at directions?
4. scribble directions on an empty gum wrapper or other scrap and forget them at home?
Circle one: 1 2 3 4
5. When it comes to making lists, you:
1. have multiple lists going at any given time and feel a compulsion to get every single thing on
them done?
2. write a daily “to do” list and become annoyed when plans are changed?
3. write things down on anything you can find including your hand?
4. never write anything down?
Circle one: 1 2 3 4
Score:
If you got all or mostly 1’s, you’re Type A Compulsive; 2’s, you’re Type A Casual;
all or mostly 3’s, you’re Type B Motivated, all or mostly 4’s, you’re Type B Messy.
Our quiz is NOT scientifically based. It’s a fun generalization that gives an overview of some time management issues. What type are you? Let us know in the comments below…
Copyright ©1996 Susie Glennan – The Busy Woman ©
Read More on Personality Based Time Management © by The Busy Woman here:
- eBook: Personality Based Time Management© eBook
- Article: Use A Day Planner To Bring Order To Your Busy Life
- Article: Make Your Personality Work For You – Time Management Support
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