Where are you right now?
A test for leaders who are functioning – and yet sense that something's off.
This isn't a clinical questionnaire. It's a rough map of the state your nervous system is probably working in.
Ten questions. Five minutes. No app, no result on the screen.
Why pencil and paper? You get enough dopamine from the screen all day. Here we take some away, on purpose, and slow down. The hand writes slower than you think – and that's exactly the point: to give the body room to answer before the mind smooths it over for you. So – do you even have a pen?
If you do, take it. For each question, note A, B or C – by your first instinct, not by how you'd like to answer. At the end, count which letter you have most. That letter is your profile. I'll send you what it says about you.
What does your typical Monday morning look like?
A) I open the laptop before breakfast. I feel like something got done while I slept.
B) I get up – but my body's on autopilot. The first 30 minutes are just physical presence.
C) I have a routine. But lately I've noticed something in it isn't working.
01
When meetings end, you usually:
A) Open the next task right away. I don't notice the transitions between activities.
B) Feel empty. I was there physically, but I don't know what I got out of it.
C) I'm mostly present – but the last two meetings it didn't go that way.
02
Lately, your partner or someone close has told you:
A) Nothing – because you don't ask, or there simply isn't space for those conversations.
B) That you're here physically but not present. Or that you're more irritable than usual.
C) Something that surprised you – and you realised they were right.
03
When you give yourself a free evening with no obligations:
A) It basically doesn't happen. Or it does – but I open the laptop, just for a minute.
B) It happens. But it doesn't help. I just feel tired and emotionally flat.
C) It happens. But it takes longer to truly settle than it did a year ago.
04
When you think about your work over the last three months:
A) The results are there. But I can't remember the last time I did something I genuinely enjoyed.
B) The results are there. But I care less and less – I just don't say it out loud.
C) The results are there. But something has shifted, and the feeling deserves a name.
05
How do you sleep?
A) Little. I fall asleep late, wake up with thoughts about work.
B) A lot – but I'm just as tired in the morning as at night. Sleep doesn't help.
C) Normally – but lately the quality has dropped.
06
When you make a big decision:
A) I decide fast. Sometimes too fast – and regret it later.
B) I put it off. Even simple decisions take me longer than they should.
C) I decide normally – but some I make out of fatigue rather than thought.
07
When someone on the team comes with a problem:
A) I solve it for them. It's faster than explaining.
B) I listen – but inside I'm elsewhere. I usually try to cut the conversation short.
C) I usually handle it. But I feel my capacity for these conversations has dropped.
08
Exercise and time for yourself:
A) The first thing to go under pressure – so, almost always.
B) I exercise – but mechanically. Not because I want to, but because I have to.
C) I have a routine – but lately it's unstable.
09
When you picture yourself five years from now at the same pace:
A) I'd rather not picture it.
B) I feel emptiness or fear. And I suppress it immediately.
C) It's not a disaster – but it's not what I want either.
10
Got your dominant letter?
COUNT your A's, B's and C's. Now the important part: that letter isn't about what type you are. It's about the state your nervous system is in – right now.
A sympathetic system that won't switch off. A system that's already starting to shut down. Or the point where everything is still manageable – only the warning signals are getting quieter than the results.
Which one is yours, I'll write to you. Along with the first concrete step for your state – not general advice, but something that matches what you've just discovered about yourself.
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