How can you measure success? Is it simply comparing yourself to friends, family and neighbors? How important is it to you to keep up with the Jones? Or is success a more personal and internal feeling than can’t be measured by physical things?

If pondering questions like these get your creative juices flowing, then you may want to invest five minutes taking a simple test that will help you focus on these types of questions. The results will help you to better direct your energies to push you into the top two percent of America - how made up of people who are physically and mentally healthy, have high incomes and are high achievers.

I took the test in about 7 minutes (I took my time and read over the questions) and a personal profile based on my answers was emailed to me. The profile breaks out into discipline, passion, risk, optimism, and interpersonal skills. Some of the areas I knew I would have trouble in - like interpersonal skills. Honestly, I am not a people person. The profile had this to say:

Your replies on this test indicate that you tend to be an introvert by nature, and are likely in need of some confidence in your own abilities. Whether you actually lack the skills, or just the ability to implement them, it is holding you back and you need to find a fix.

Not a surprise, but well worth bringing into the conversation. People skills are important and to ignore them is foolish - I need to hone those skills.

The goal of this examination of your psyche is not to characterize you as you are, but to give you guidance on what you could be and how to get there. So, regardless of where you are now - your present profile - the next step is to Improve your Scores. Based on the weak areas in your profile, you are challenged to improve the skills you may be lacking with training materials. These materials help you to take those first steps towards self improvement. No matter how you measure success, you do need to be constantly evaluating yourself - especially in a world that is changing on a daily basis. Those who are not adapting - evaluating and improving - are going extinct.