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annual inventory in merchandising. Moreover, the yearly analysis should disclose a
DECREASE IN FAULTS, and an increase in VIRTUES. One goes ahead, stands still, or
goes backward in life. One's object should be, of course, to go ahead. Annual self-analysis
will disclose whether advancement has been, made, and if so, how much. It will also disclose
any backward steps one may have made. The effective marketing of personal services
requires one to move forward even if the progress is slow.
Your annual self-analysis should be made at the end of each year, so you can include in your
New Year's Resolutions any improvements which the analysis indicates should be made.
Take this inventory by asking yourself the following questions, and by checking your
answers with the aid of someone who will not permit you to deceive yourself as to their
accuracy.
SELF-ANALYSIS QUESTIONNAIRE FOR PERSONAL INVENTORY
1. Have I attained the goal which I established as my objective for this year? (You should
work with a definite yearly objective to be attained as a part of your major life objective).
2. Have I delivered service of the best possible QUALITY of which I was capable, or could I
have improved any part of this service?
3. Have I delivered service in the greatest possible QUANTITY of which I was capable?
4. Has the spirit of my conduct been harmonious, and cooperative at all times?
5. Have I permitted the habit of PROCRASTINATION to decrease my efficiency, and if so,
to what extent?
6. Have I improved my PERSONALITY, and if so, in what ways?
7. Have I been PERSISTENT in following my plans through to completion?
8. Have I reached DECISIONS PROMPTLY AND DEFINITELY on all occasions?
9. Have I permitted any one or more of the six basic fears to decrease my efficiency?
10. Have I been either "over-cautious," or "under-cautious?"
11. Has my relationship with my associates in work been pleasant, or unpleasant? If it has
been unpleasant, has the fault been partly, or wholly mine?
12. Have I dissipated any of my energy through lack of CONCENTRATION of effort?
13. Have I been open minded and tolerant in connection with all subjects?
14. In what way have I improved my ability to render service?
15. Have I been intemperate in any of my habits?
16. Have I expressed, either openly or secretly, any form of EGOTISM?
17. Has my conduct toward my associates been such that it has induced them to RESPECT me?
18. Have my opinions and DECISIONS been based upon guesswork, or accuracy of analysis
and THOUGHT?
19. Have I followed the habit of budgeting my time, my expenses, and my income, and have
I been conservative in these budgets?
20. How much time have I devoted to UNPROFITABLE effort which I might have used to
better advantage?
21. How may I RE-BUDGET my time, and change my habits so I will be more efficient
during the coming year?
22. Have I been guilty of any conduct which was not approved by my conscience?
23. In what ways have I rendered MORE SERVICE AND BETTER SERVICE than I was
paid to render?
24. Have I been unfair to anyone, and if so, in what way?
25. If I had been the purchaser of my own services for the year, would I be satisfied with my
purchase?
26. Am I in the right vocation, and if not, why not?
27. Has the purchaser of my services been satisfied with the service I have rendered, and if
not, why not?
28. What is my present rating on the fundamental principles of success? (Make this rating
fairly, and frankly, and have it checked by someone who is courageous enough to do it
accurately).
Having read and assimilated the information conveyed through this chapter, you are now
ready to create a practical plan for marketing your personal services. In this chapter will be
found an adequate description of every principle essential in planning the sale of personal
services, including the major attributes of leadership; the most common causes of failure in
leadership; a description of the fields of opportunity for leadership; the main causes of failure
in all walks of life, and the important questions which should be used in self-analysis. This
extensive and detailed presentation of accurate information has been included, because it will
be needed by all who must begin the accumulation of riches by marketing personal services.
Those who have lost their fortunes, and those who are just beginning to earn money, have
nothing but personal services to offer in return for riches, therefore it is essential that they
have available the practical information needed to market services to best advantage.
The information contained in this chapter will be of great value to all who aspire to attain
leadership in any calling. It will be particularly helpful to those aiming to market their
services as business or industrial executives.
Complete assimilation and understanding of the information here conveyed will be helpful in
marketing one's own services, and it will also help one to become more analytical and
capable of judging people. The information will be priceless to personnel directors,
employment managers, and other executives charged with the selection of employees, and
the maintenance of efficient organizations. If you doubt this statement, test its soundness by
answering in writing the twenty-eight self-analysis questions. That might be both
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