Stress Management - Management of Executive Stress | Self Discovery Exercise

Mark  "Tick" at the appropriate place of Yes or No.

Stress Parameter		Yes	No
1)          Do you resent most of the time doing the work entrusted to you?
2)          Do you find it often difficult to express your feelings especially to say 'No' when you sincerely feel so?
3)          Do you find it often difficult to tell someone who had let you down how you feel about him or her?
4)          Do you find yourself frequently asking for permission to speak when you are in a group discussion?
5)          Do you frequently feel that you are likely to fail in your attempt and withdraw?
6)          Do you feel often that you look stupid?
7)          Do you feel frequently that you have no freedom to discharge your responsibility on the job?
8)          Do you feel most of the time that no one listens to you?
9)          Do you often wish that you are like someone whom you worship as your 'Hero'?
10)      Do you find yourself jealous over the accomplishments of others and feel unhappy?
11)      Do you often find yourself easily offended by others behavior or language
12)      Do you often that others don't understand you, in-spite of your best efforts
13)      Do you feel that suffering is natural and give up under critical conditions?
14)      Do you find it difficult to walk away from people you find annoying frequency?
15)      Do you explain yourself a lot to gain acceptance?
16)      Do you spend a lot of time often analyzing your relationship with your friends and relatives fearing that you have been misunderstood.
17)      Do you find it difficult most of the time relax and clear your mind of job relate matter when you are at home?
18)      Do you place higher priority frequently on acquiring things are prestige than enjoying the job?
19)      Do you believe that it is terrible to fail and give-up without even attempting?
20)      Do you find it difficult to take leave for relaxation without feeling guilty or insecure?
21)      Are you impatient with people often who don't think the way you believe they should?
22)      Do you wait until your boss thinks to do something for you when your promotion is overdue while your junior is actually promoted?
23)      Do you feel uncomfortable to wear ceremonial dress for a formal party?
24)      Do you sit and listen patiently often waiting for a fast-talking salesman to finish even though you don't require the product and have many important works on hand?
25)      Do you get nervous and upset many times if someone criticizes your work?
26)      Do you agonize over the inconsiderate behavior of someone who had borrowed money and had neglected to repay and sky nothing to him or her?
27)      Do you hang back and feel uneasy most of the time expecting someone to invite you to participate in the discussion at a social gathering?
28)      Do you take a drink because you don't want to hurt your friend's feeling even though you had given-up drinking?
29)      Do you go ahead and ask for forgiveness if someone asks you to apologize for something you don't feel sorry about just to please others?
30)      Do you go along and see the house-site any way because your feel obliged to be nice to the person who had taken the trouble if a real estate dealer insists to show you the property that you have no intention of purchasing when you have other important works to do?
31)      Do you act meek and tend to behave like a creep when you are requesting for a loan from a bank while the agent is not in favour of granting the loan?
32)      Do you often buy a gift and feel unhappy about the expenses if you have to attend a party which you want to avoid but forced to attend?
33)      Do you frequently endure without saying anything when a nearly stereo is playing loudly in your house or in the next portion causing your physical discomfort?
34)      Do you get angry and say nothing when your neighbor’s dog is barking loudly in the early morning hours disturbing your sleep
35)      Do you sit there often and feel abused when a drunk at a party 's pestering you with meaningless chatter just to humor him?
36)      Do you get upset and complain to friends frequently about the ingratitude, if someone does not say thank you for a favor you have done?
37)      Do you let it pass many times and allow the other person to speak for you, if someone interrupts when you are about to speak for yourself?
38)      Do you eat something frequently and feel unhappy when you feel hungry while you are trying to reduce your body weight?
39)      Do you sit there and feel annoyed often if you are subjected to nagging either in the organization or in social circles?
40)      Do you take the advice, many times and feel bad when someone is giving you a dose of unwanted advice?
41)      Do you play children's games often with your children and constantly look at your watch when your children want you to play with them but you don't really enjoy it?
42)      Do you feel bad frequently if someone says that he doesn't understand you in-spite of your efforts to clarify the ambiguity?
43)      Do you frequently change your hair style or cloths if some □ □ one says that he or she dislikes your hair style or cloths?
44)      Do you often yell at the intruders and get upset because no one lets you to have any time for yourself when your privacy is continually interrupted?
45)      Do you often get into the car and feel anxious all the way home if your friend who is drunk insists on drinking you home in his car?
46)      Do you complain to friends many times about excessive heat and get annoyed when the temperature is high during summer months?
47)      Do you complain to friends frequently about high standards set in your work situation?
48)      Do you complain to friends often about lack of clear objectives in your organization
49)      Do you complain to friends many times about lack of discipline among your subordinates?
50)      Do you feel most of the time much pressure from the top?
51)      Do you feel often that you are having inadequate contact with top bosses?
52)      Do you frequently indulge in heavy criticism about the management while talking to friends?
53)      Do you frequently complain to friends about inadequate facilities in your organization?
54)      Do you complain to friends frequently about the inadequate resources in your organization?
55)      Do you think that you lack personal goal many times?
56)      Do you often withdraw from conflict area?
57)      Do you feel that compromise is the best method of solving conflicts?
58)      Do you often feel suspicious of your subordinates and set up agents to watch them?
59)      Do you feel self-hate often?
60)      Do you identify authority with status and power?
61)      Do you got a need to be appreciated, approved and accepted?
62)      Do you think frequently that you cannot control yourself?
63)      Do you think external control is needed for the motivation of your subordinates?
64)      Do you think that complaining about yourself to friends is necessary?
65)      Do you often have guilty feeling interfering with your decisions?
66)      Do you frequently sit idle and brood when you have lots of work to do?
67)      Do you often feel inadequacy
68)      Are you afraid to meet people many times?
69)      Do you frequently feel that you lack initiative?
70)      Do you often repeat the same mistake and indulge in self-pity?
71)      Do you feel that you have always been that way and it is not possible to change?
72)      Do you often feel nervous before superiors
73)      Do you lonely and lack social support often?
74)      Do you feel that you are inferior frequently?
75)      Do you feel miserable often without knowing the reason?
76)      Do you have difficulty often in making eye contact with the person with whom you are speaking?
77)      Do you have difficulty often in finding the difference between assertion and aggression?
78)      Do you frequently derive more satisfaction from outside activity than from the job assigned to you in your organization?
79)      Do you look for glory, status and fame most of the time instead of doing the job as it should be done?
80)      Do you frequently feel insecure?
81)      Do you give credit for your work to other when it rightfully belongs to your and feel unhappy?
82)      Do you attribute your views to other whom you think are more influential and powerful with a view to convey the message?
83)      Do you behave in abnormal always with the intention of gaining attention for satisfy your needs for recognitions?
84)      Do you try to impress others with your knowledge of something about which you know every little?
85)      Do you frequently beg for compliments?
86)      Do you often think that you are shy?
87)      Do you think that you are lazy many times?
88)      Do you think that you are forgetful often?
89)      Do you think that you are immature?
90)      Do you think you are careless many times?
91)      Do you think that you are irresponsible on many occasions?
92)      Do you think that you lack self-confidence?
93)      Do you think that you are bored most of the time
94)      Do you have inability often to alter plans when better alternatives are available?
95)      Do you have a tendency most of the time to measure everything in monetary terms and compare?
96)      Do you often complainer that others make more while doing the same work?
97)      Do you get upset when corrupt people escape punishment while you are not responsible for the decision?
98)      Do you always insist that there should maintain consistency?
99)      Do you constantly look forward for a vacation?
100)  Do you have difficulty in admitting your own mistakes often?