Raising an Optimistic Child: A Proven Plan for Depression-proofing Young Children--for Life
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Optimism quiz based on the seven step program

  1. You're given a new and difficult task to do. Do you:
    Make excuses about why you might not be able to do it?
    Say what help you'd require to do it?

  2. You find yourself making little mistakes in everyday tasks. Do you:
    Avoid tasks that you might fail at?
    Ask yourself what would make the tasks more enjoyable?

  3. Your partner gets irritable with you. Do you:
    Try harder to please?
    Realize that he/she's got her own problems and ask her to talk about them?

  4. Your friend makes critical remarks about you. Do you:
    Say you don't react well to criticism?
    Think that they're probably justified?

  5. You see a man or woman with a great body on the beach. Do you:
    Admire the body as a thing of beauty?
    Compare yourself unfavorably to them?

  6. You find yourself doing less exercise than usual. Do you:
    Tell yourself that physical decline is inevitable as you get older?
    Ask yourself honestly what forms of exercise you really enjoy?

  7. A friend stands you up. Do you:
    Think that people can never be relied upon?
    Call them and tell them you need them to do what they say they will?

  8. Your teenager gets upset because you won't buy him the latest Xbox game. Do you:
    Suggest he begin an Xbox saving plan?
    Plan to do overtime so you can afford it?

  9. Late Friday your boss demands that you to work overtime on Saturday, when you've made plans with your family. Do you:
    Agree believing that there'll never be another job if you lose this one?
    Politely but firmly refuse?

  10. You have few social invitations. Do you:
    Wonder what's wrong with you?
    Make a list of your interests and seek out groups of people who share them?

  11. On your birthday do you:
    Make a resolution that next year will be better?
    Regret the passing of another year?

  12. Your dog Goldie dies prematurely. Do you:
    Assume there'll never be another like him and resolve never to have another pet?
    Assume there'll never be another like Goldie, and arrange to get another dog?

  13. You're not into meditation and a friend suggests that you meditate together. Do you:
    Feel awkward believing they do it better than you and refuse?
    Accept but suggest that next time they accompany you on a spiritual experience that you do enjoy?

  14. Your partner says he/she needs to talk to you about something, but doesn't say what. Do you:
    Wonder what you've done wrong?
    Assume he or she would've told you something was wrong and look forward to the time together?

  15. You're about to go for an interview for a new job or project. Do you:
    Think of how to impress the interviewer?
    Work out what questions you can ask to decide if the work would suit you?

  16. You hear about a major disaster in another country. Do you:
    Get together with others to see what you can do collectively to help?
    Feel helpless about the world?

  17. You get lost while driving with your partner, who is navigating. Do you:
    Envision all the terrible things that might happen, like running out of gas, being late for a meeting or losing your hotel booking?
    Reach over and give him/her a hug?

  18. You get stopped for speeding. Do you:
    Realize it's a relatively cheap lesson in safe driving?
    Think about all the other times you've been foolish or unlucky?

  19. You get turned down for a credit card. Do you:
    Dispute their decision through the normal channels?
    Apply to another credit card company?

  20. You see someone mistreating his or her dog. Do you:
    Intervene on the pet's behalf?
    Walk away because it's not your issue?

  21. During a check-up, your doctor orders some 'routine' tests. Do you:
    Believe she's hiding something from you and assume the worst?
    Tell her you need her to tell you the truth?
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