Key Life Skills Assessment

Rate yourself on a scale of 1-10 for each of the following statements:

Skill #1 Emotional Fluency

1. I allow myself a full range of emotional expression.

2. I know the difference between clean anger and blame.

3. I know the difference between guilt and remorse, and welcome remorse as a doorway to forgiveness.

4. I take conscious responsibility for the impact of my resonance.

5. I recognize when I am caught in false emotion and numbing out.

6. I understand that my emotions are generated by me, not my circumstances.

7. I am skilled at letting go of constricting emotion.

8. I distinguish between expressing emotion and communicating it.

9. I consciously expand my capacity to sustain expansive emotion.

10. I easily feel gratitude and work often with the generating energies.

My score (between 0-100) __________________

Skill #2 Harnessing Ego

1. I understand the necessary role of my ego.

2. I recognize the voice of my inner child and know how to respond with love and healthy boundaries.

3. I recognize the voice of my inner adolescent and know how to respond with love and healthy boundaries.

4. I am aware of the seductions of my indulgent parent within.

5. I recognize the judgments of my inner critical parent.

6. I turn to a positive ego for information so I can make choices.

7. I know my enneagram drive and my negative ego’s strategies of disintegration.

8. I do not fight my negative ego.  I know how to step away from its game.

9. I define myself by the qualities of my being, not by what I have or do.

10. I know I am enough.

My score (between 0-100) __________________

Skill #3 Positive Future Vision

1. Humanity is moving toward greater love and healing.

2. I spend time imagining and feeding a positive future for the world.

3. I expect a positive future for myself where I am living my dreams and loving my life.

4. I visualize the function of the future I desire, not just the form.

5. I know the components of true success and work to develop them.

6. I align myself with my future self and my higher self, allowing them to be real.

7. My vision of the future is a state of mind.

8. I cultivate the substance of soul and am available to receive the light of my spirit.

9. I am happy and frequently lift happiness to joy.

10. Fun is a high priority in my life.

My score (between 0-100) __________________

Skill #4 Changing Raw Materials

1. Genuine change starts in my inner world and reflects in my illusion.

2. My reality gives me feedback about my beliefs, attitudes, emotions and choices.

3. I know how to uncover and change my beliefs.

4. I am empowered in my choices.

5. The stories I tell myself reflect my self-image.

6. I forgive myself and develop forgiveness as a strength.

7. I recognize my adult desires.

8. I harness the creative power of imagination.

9. I consciously work magic and I am willing to expect miracles.

10. I consistently seek greater levels of personal responsibility for all of my life.

My score (between 0-100) __________________

Skill #5 Embracing Love and Value

1. I know that I am loved by a divine source.

2. I let myself be changed because I am loved.

3. I choose to love myself regardless of circumstances.

4. I know how to earn genuine esteem instead of seek external validation.

5. I would rather have someone’s respect rather than their approval.

6. I am honest and trustworthy.

7. I experience true confidence.

8. I am willing to have impact and be responsible for it.

9. I receive abundantly and graciously.

10. I am 100% worthy and nothing I do can increase or decrease my worth.

My score (between 0-100) __________________

Skill #6 Claiming Authority

1. I create my own reality.

2. No one is to blame for my circumstances.

3. I feel empowered to craft the life I choose.

4. I give myself permission to succeed.

5. I experience responsibility as freedom, not a burden.

6. I am not looking to rescue anyone or to be rescued.

7. I do not feel entitled to anything based on the past.

8. I recognize and set down control and manipulation.

9. I have nothing to prove.

10. I consciously author my sacred life, a story of triumph.

My score (between 0-100) __________________

Add up the scores to arrive at a number between 0 and 100 for each skill.  Decide which of the skills you want to develop.  Visit the illustrated map of The Lucid Living Journey and click on the corresponding area of study to find options for developing each of these skills.

** The building of this skill is threaded throughout all our workshops.  Two particular retreats, Emotional Freedom and Claiming Your Destiny focus on vision and destiny.   See our Vision page to read more.