Take this simple test
For each topic, pick which answer (a or b) best describes you and your thoughts and attitudes about your current job. Be honest with yourself as you answer. You may find it enlightening.

1.	Monday Morning:
		a.	I look forward to Monday morning.
		b.	I dread Monday mornings and look forward to weekends.

2.	Personal Energy:
		a.	I get energy from my job all day.
		b.	I feel “drained” at the end of most days.

3.	Clock Watcher?:
		a.	When I’m at work, time flies by.
		b.	I seem to watch the clock and most days it drags by slowly.

4.	Accomplishments:
		a.	Most days I feel a real sense of accomplishment at the day’s end.
		b.	Most days I feel like I didn’t really make anything important happen.

5.	The Boss:
		a.	My boss and I generally see eye to eye.
		b.	I don’t usually agree with my boss on issues.

6.	Part Of The Big Picture?:
		a.	My role is clearly defined and important to the company.
		b.	I find myself having to justify my position to others.

7.	Evaluation Time:
		a.	My last review was positive overall and set goals that excited me.
		b.	My last review was critical and/or unclear to me.

8.	Thoughts Of Work:
		a.	When I’m not at work, I’m often still thinking of solutions to work challenges.
		b.	When I’m not at work, I put it completely out of my mind. I need to.

9.	Stress:
		a.	I feel stress only occasionally or almost never.
		b.	I feel stressed most of the time.

10.	Work Load:
		a.	I feel valuable to the company.
		b.	I feel completely overworked and unappreciated.

11.	Management Support:
		a.	I know my boss always supports me.
		b.	I really wonder what my boss says when someone speaks badly of my performance.

12.	Compensation:
		a.	I feel like I am fairly paid for my work.
		b.	I don’t make enough for what I do. They just keep adding work.

13.	Health:
		a.	I am in good health, generally speaking.
		b.	I am having lots of small, unexplainable physical ailments and pains.

14.	Take A Chance:
		a.	I am not really a big “gambler.”
		b.	I find myself buying lottery tickets more lately and daydreaming about winning and quitting my job.

15.	Control:
		a.	I feel in control of my own destiny and know that I have choices.
		b.	I find myself always justifying my job, trying to remain a valuable contributor while fearing that one day the ax will fall and I will lose my job.

16.	Getting Somewhere?:
		a.	I feel like I’m working toward a personal goal in my job.
		b.	My job is just a job, maybe even a dead end. It doesn’t offer much future.

17.	How Did I Get Here?:
		a.	I chose my current career path after really learning all I could about it.
		b.	How did I get in this job? I “just ended up here” somehow. It just happened.

18.	Acting Out:
		a.	I enjoy all my time off with family and friends.
		b.	The night before I have to start my work week, I am sometimes short-tempered or stressed.

19.	My Company:
		a.	I feel like a valued part of the company where I work.
		b.	I feel totally unappreciated. They don’t know how hard I work or how valuable I am to them.

20.	Explain It To Me:
		a.	When I explain to friends what the company does, I usually say “We make…” or “We do…”
		b.	When I explain to friends what the company does, I usually say “They make…” or “They do…”
	You answered "b" to  questions.