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Self Assessment Part II: 

Ask yourself now, am I interested in living my life OVER THE EDGE, AT THE EDGE or I don’t even want to see the EDGE!   Not sure?   Let’s test your Edge with these questions.  Select the answer that best describes you and circle what you land on our Edge Meter:

Situation 1:  I just found out I have a long weekend to myself, it is Wednesday morning and the kids are leaving Thursday morning and will not return till Monday,

1.  Don’t think about the weekend till Saturday morning when I roll out of bed at 11am

2.  I call a friend and book  us a spa weekend for the two of us

3.  I get on the phone immediately to Capt Tom’s Sailing Adventures Anywhere and book a  long adventure weekend  for me any one that will join me

4.  I skip out of work Thursday and Friday and use frequent mile credits to fly to Alaska for a training climb MT. McKinley
          

Edge Meter

1 (10 feet from the edge) ---------------5 Hovering the Edge----------------------------10 (10 Feet over the edge)

1                             2                                            3                                                       4

 

Situation 2:   I just won a the Live with Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa Dream Come True Contest.. I chose the following dream:

1.  Pay off my mortgage in full

2.  Visit the New 7 Wonders of the world  and have them make up my salary pay while I am traveling

3.  Helicopter Ski the 6 Best Mountains in the World over 100,000 vertical feet, and who cares about my salary

4.  Spend 3 months back pack my way through Nepal and I don’t need a salary

Edge Meter

1(10 feet from the edge) ---------------5 Hovering the Edge----------------------------10 (10 Feet over the edge)

    1                                         2                                3                                4

 
Situation 3:  In Vegas I:

1.  Work the trade show floor during the day, order room service after work , get to bed early so I can be rested for the next  day’s meetings and presentations

2.  Work during the day and see one Cirque De Soleil Show (but the show must employee only clothed cast members!)

3.  I hang with the guys in the bars and wonder when the first boob is going to pop out of that chest contraption the cocktail waitresses wear while I sip my Mojito and watch my coworkers eyes wonder right and left at the speed of light

4.  I hit the slots as soon as work is over, catch the late show that starts at midnight, come back for drinks after the show, gamble at the Bellagio until time to taxi back to the airport for my cross country trip back east.       

Edge Meter

1(10 feet from the edge) ---------------5 Hovering the Edge----------------------------10 (10 Feet over the edge)

     1                                               2                                        3                                   4

 

 

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 Self Assessment Part III: 

Ask yourself now, am I interested in living my life OVER THE EDGE, AT THE EDGE or I don’t even want to see the EDGE!   Not sure?   Let’s test your Edge with these questions.   Select the answer that best describes you and circle what you land on our Edge Meter:

 

Situation 1:  When preparing for long flights I always:

1.  Pack my pc, 4 thick books, snacks and plenty of ear plugs and busy work to look busy so  I do not have to talk

2.  I pick up a few mags at the airport to read and take my pc for busy work

3.  I take my knitting, prepare myself to talk with whoever will open up to me, wear comfortable walking shoes for walks up and down the airport terminals and the plane isles

4.  I pack a small suit case, take no work  stuff, maybe a magazine or two, hope I sit next to interesting people and do my best to strike up meaningful conversations with those around me , then contact them after my trips with hopes of friendship or business networking 

Edge Meter

1 (10 feet from the edge) ---------------5 Hovering the Edge----------------------------10 (10 Feet over the edge)

1                              2                                            3                                                 4

 

Situation 2:   Business meetings are:

1.  Just that, meet, do business and leave

2.  Time to understand the trends of my clients, see where I or my company can help them

3.  Opportunities to always progress a meaning relationship forward with hopes of friendships as an outcome

4.  Engaging, exciting and opportunistic times to learn the good and/or the challenge areas of my business and meet great people

Edge Meter

1(10 feet from the edge) ---------------5 Hovering the Edge----------------------------10 (10 Feet over the edge)

    1                           2                                    3                                              4

 

Situation 3:  When shopping for shoes I:

1.  Buy comfort first then go for looks

2.  Look for the most fashionable classic shoe with a 2 inch or less heel

3.  Go straight to the latest fashion shoes with 3 inch + heels and buy what I do not need first

4.  I buy 1 pair of shoes for day fun, 1 pair of shoes for night fun and then another pair of shoes just for fun!

Edge Meter

1(10 feet from the edge) ---------------5 Hovering the Edge----------------------------10 (10 Feet over the edge)

     1                             2                                3                                             4

 

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Self Assessment Part IV: 

 

Ask yourself now, am I interested in living my life OVER THE EDGE, AT THE EDGE or I don’t even want to see the EDGE!   Not sure?   Let’s test your Edge with these questions.   Select the answer that best describes you and circle what you land on our Edge Meter:

Situation 1:  I stretch myself by:

1.  Reading books on creativity

2.  Reading books on creativity and doing the suggested exercises

3.  Attending as many workshops as possible, doing something I’ve never done at least 1 time per month

4.  Meeting new people every week, doing something I’ve never done at least 2 times per week, by writing my experiences in a journal daily, attending workshops monthly to keep my creative spirit fresh, then holding share sessions with my friends

 Edge Meter

1  (10 feet from the edge )--------------- 5   Hovering the Edge---------------------------- 10   (10 feet over the edge)

1                                       2                                         3                                 4

 

Situation 2:   When I get that anxious feeling like there is more to do:

1.  I call the doctor to make an appointment to see what is wrong with me

2.  I make a hot cup of green tea and sit quietly in my favorite  breathing space for hours

3.  I call 2 friends and tell them to bring two friends I do not know, have them all bring their favorite book , invite them to join me for a wine, dinner and book discussion, then settle into the darkest chocolate dessert we can find

4.  Iget on the net and find the top Dream Camps, music intensive programs, language immersion programs and workshops I can find and sign up for two, while waiting for my workshop dates to arrive, I write poetry every day, slip into my snow white pajamas, get in my convertible and ride out toward the sunset till the sun disappears, come back home to color outside the lines in my Cinderella Coloring book (it is mine, I bought it and am proud of it) then sip wine in a bubble bath of purple bubbles, then slip back into my snow white pajamas to watch Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and other fairytales

Edge Meter

1(10 feet from the edge) ---------------5 Hovering the Edge----------------------------10 (10 Feet over the edge)

    1                                  2                              3                                                   4

Situation 3:  There is a thunderstorm and rain is expected all weekend so I:

Work in the mornings, take the kids to movies, have them sit where they want  and I sneak to the back of the theater for quiet time or go to a movie just to eat popcorn

Stay in bed till noon both days, get up to a brunch my significant other, spouse  or special delivery service person brings me, I stay in my pajamas all weekend, write by the fire in the fireplace (or candles if it stays 90 degrees all winter) then back to bed for a movie at midnight

Put on my rain boots and jacket, go sloshing in the puddles, find a cafés both days where I have never eaten, order  new items I’ve never tried, then write for hours over tea and cappuccinos with chocolate sprinkles

Find tango classes I can join at the last minute,  meet up with the dancers after lessons at clubs during the evening and tango till the lights go out or they kick us out, then invite the tango-people to my home to continue an all night tango session over wine and tango our way to a wonderful breakfast as we watch the sun come up to Spanish guitar music and eat our breakfast tacos.

       

Edge Meter

1(10 feet from the edge) ---------------5 Hovering the Edge----------------------------10 (10 Feet over the edge)

     1                            2                                           3                                          4

 

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Self Assessment Part V:

Ask yourself now, am I interested in living my life OVER THE EDGE, AT THE EDGE or I don’t even want to see the EDGE!   Not sure?   Let’s test your Edge with these questions.   Select the answer that best describes you and circle what you land on our Edge Meter:

Situation 1:  I am passionate about:
 

1.  Breakfast, lunch and dinner

2.  Living a balanced  life with daily exercise of running to the edge of my driveway for the paper then running back

3.  Learning new things and sharing these new experiences with anyone that will listen

4.  Turning my passions into a Not for Profit Organization and Creating a Diverse Board of Directors  that are all passionate about  positive change in the world

Edge Meter

1  (10 feet from the edge )--------------- 5   Hovering the Edge---------------------------- 10   (10 feet over the edge)

1                                             2                                   3                                       4

Situation 2:   Change to me is:

1.  Taking out the trash twice in one week

2.  Fighting for the remote and a spot on the couch to watch a Tivo’d  run of Boston Legal before dinner

3.  Adding wine tastings to our neighborhood women’s book Club monthly meeting and discussing what’s wrong in the world

4.  Joining a political party I am passionate about, learning everything I can about the party’s mission and influencing it where I can, calling everyone I know to  come learn with me about the new possibilities for change in the world

Edge Meter

1(10 feet from the edge) ---------------5 Hovering the Edge----------------------------10 (10 Feet over the edge)

    1                    2                                          3                                            4

Situation 3:  I am asked to deliver a 15 minute speech to 5000 people on any subject I choose.  My first course of action is to:

1.  Run back to my bed, jump under the covers and pull them over my head till this silly request dies

2.  Shake in my boots for a few minutes, then get to work to come up with a topic of interest and then begin crafting some key messages

3.  Buy a bottle of Champagne to celebrate, build a blog post to share this accomplishment with the web world, buy a video camera to record the speech so I can post it to my blog, YouTube, MySpace and any other social network site I can think of and OH YEAH, come up with a topic!

4.  Jump up and down with excitement, take my Passion of the Moment, craft a story of how this passion of the moment could positively affect others, plan the 15 minutes on teaching the 5000 people in the audience how to affect their own group of 5000 to change the world for the better with my passion of the moment!

Edge Meter

1(10 feet from the edge) ---------------5 Hovering the Edge----------------------------10 (10 Feet over the edge)

     1                                       2                                  3                                                4

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