Jared M. Lawandales

I was very interested in the results of this particular assessment. I have always considered myself a highly optimistic person. The assessment I refer to in this article can be found at http://www.AuthenticHappiness.org, they do require you to register but the information can be very insightful. Please feel free to take this assessment and leave your feedback here.

My scores for the “Permanence – Good Events” category are intended to represent the level of permanence or longevity a good event represents in my life. My score for this assessment was a 6. Placing me in the 85th percentile for all the charted demographics, this represents a moderate level of optimism when regarding the long-term effects of a positive event. This is an accurate representation of self, as I never regard any success as permanent. One’s overall success is determined by a life long dedication to problem solving. I believe it is good to internalize positive events while remembering that there will always be an opportunity for improvement.

Following along quite the same lines, my score for the “Permanence –Bad Events” category was 1. Believing that there is always an opportunity to perform better, I naturally blame mistakes on external forces. Standing in the bottom 21st percentile for this assessment, I tend to let things go and not allow them to negatively affect the overall course of my life. I think this is an accurate portrayal of this aspect of my life because I view failures as simply an opportunity to learn and improve.

The “Pervasiveness – Good Events” category defines how likely a good incident is to permeate into other aspects of our lives. I received a score of 5 in this assessment. Coming in just under the 80th percentile according to the graphs depicted, one could say that I have an average tendency to allow good events to affect the other aspects of my life. I am inclined to say that this is related to a mild level of OCD, but the focus of an event tends to stay relevant to that particular incident. Any success can generally be related to the things we did correctly or well during the completed exercise.

Once again, the same is represented on the opposite side of the scale here. When examining the “Pervasiveness – Bad Events” topic, a score of 2 was assigned placing me in the bottom 30th percentile. Similar to my opinions regarding the affect of good events, bad events are products of the mistakes or miscommunications observed during a task. These aspects are to be identified, explained and then improved upon. Once identified, they need to be internalized and grown on to alleviate the possibility for negative infiltration into other aspects of our lives.

The final assessment regarding “Hopefulness” produced a score of 8. This seemingly mediocre score on a scale of -16, to 16, actually represents results in the 94th percentile for my demographic. The test refers to this as a moderate level of hopefulness. I would sincerely hope that my demographic represents the minority in this case, because if 95% of the world is less than moderately hopeful, we may be in trouble. I think this score accurately reflects my current state of hopefulness. I stated earlier in this discussion that I felt I had recently fell into the proverbial “rut.” With little time for self-reflection, I can really appreciate the ability to cover this subject matter in an attempt to better any current situation.

~ Jared Lawandales