This brilliant gentleman is Shirzad Chamine, he is a psychologist and neuroscientist and the author of the New York Times bestselling book “Positive Intelligence”

Shirzad has lectured on Positive Intelligence at Stanford University and has trained faculty at Stanford and Yale business schools.

Positive intelligence is a methodology he has devised to assess how we self-sabotage in our daily lives and how this affects our performance and prevents us from reaching our full potential. 

Any one of the ten saboteurs can have a dramatic effect on our achievements, but a combination of several saboteurs can have a devastating effect on our results and outcomes. 

The problem is most of us don't realize we self-sabotage and therefore can't identify which saboteurs are negatively influencing our thoughts and actions. Positive Intelligence provides us a clear snapshot of which saboteurs we have and the extent to which they affect our daily lives.

Take a quick 10 minute assessment to discover your saboteurs

Follow these simple instructions:

1). Click on the link below and follow the simple instructions exactly to complete the assessment

Positive Intelligence Assessment Link 

2). You will receive the results of your assessment by email. Forward a copy of that email to [email protected]

3). Click HERE and set up a FREE strategy call so that we can explain and interpret your results

4). Bring your results to the appointment

5). If you would like to see what percent of the time your saboteurs are working in your favour and how much they work against you and prevent you from reaching your full potential (your PQ score) you may also do this additional quick assessment.

Positive intelligence PQ score 

I look forward to helping you identify your saboteurs and their influence on your thoughts, actions and outcomes.

More on the 10 Saboteurs

1). Judge 

Profile: The Judge is the universal saboteur, the one we all have. We judge in 3 ways: we judge ourselves, others and our circumstances. Few of us realize how prevalent the Judge is in us. We only discover its prevalence when we hear another person's unfiltered opinion of us or we observe our every thought very critically. The Judge is one of the most difficult saboteurs to squash.

Characteristics: Generates anxiety, stress, disappointment, shame and guilt.

2). Avoider

Profile: Focuses on the positive and enjoyable in an extreme way. Tries to avoid difficult and unpleasant tasks and conflicts.

Characteristics: Avoids conflict and says yes to things he wouldn't want. Downplays the importance of real problems and tries to deflect others. Has difficulty saying no. Resists others through passive-aggressive means rather than directly. Loses himself in comforting routines and habits. Procrastinates on unpleasant tasks.

3). Controller

Profile: Anxiety based need to take charge and control situations and people's actions to ones own will. Becomes very anxious and impatient when this is not possible.

Characteristics: Strong energy with a need to control and take charge. Connects with others through competition, challenge, physically, or through conflict rather than softer emotions. Willful, confrontational, straight talker. Pushes people beyond their comfort zone. Comes alive when doing the impossible and beating the odds. Stimulated by and connects through conflict. Surprised that others get hurt. Intimidates others. In-your-face communication interpreted by others as anger or criticism.

4). Hyper-Achiever

Profile: Dependent on constant performance and achievement for self-respect and self-validation. Highly focused on external success, leading to workaholic tendencies and loss of touch with deeper emotional and relationship needs.

Characteristics: Competitive, image and status conscious. Good at covering up insecurities and showing a positive image. Adapts personality to what would be most impressive to others. Goal oriented and workaholic streak. More into perfecting public image than introspection. Can be self-promoting. Tends to keep people at a safe distance.

5). Hyper-Rational

Profile: Intense and exclusive focus on the rational processing of everything including relationships. Can be impatient with people's emotions and consider emotions and feelings unworthy of time and consideration. Maybe perceived as cold, distant and intellectually arrogant.

Characteristics: Intense and active mind, sometimes coming across as intellectually arrogant or secretive. Tends to be private and doesn't let many people into their deeper feelings. Shows feelings mostly through passion in ideas. Prefers to just watch the craziness around him and analyze it from a distance. Can lose track of time due to his intense concentration. Has a high penchant for scepticism and debate.

6). Hyper-Vigilant

Profile: Continuous intense anxiety about all the dangers and what could go wrong. Vigilance that can never rest.

Characteristics: Always anxious with chronic doubts about self and others. Extraordinary sensitivity to danger signals. Constant expectation of mishap or danger. Suspicious of what others are up to. People mess up. Might seek reassurance and guidance in procedures, rules and authority institutions.

7). Pleaser

Profile: Indirectly tries to gain acceptance and affection by helping, pleasing, rescuing or flattering others constantly. Loses sight of their own needs and becomes resentful of others as a result. Others become overly dependent on them. 

Characteristics: Has a strong need to be liked by people and attempts to earn it by helping, pleasing, rescuing or flattering them. Needs frequent reassurance from others of their acceptance and affection. Can't express their own needs openly and directly. Does so indirectly by making people feel obliged to reciprocate care.

8). Restless

Profile: Restless, constantly in search of greater excitement in the next activity or constant busyness. Rarely at peace or content with current activity.

Characteristics: Easily distracted and can be too scattered. Stays busy juggling many different tasks and plans. Seeks excitement and variety rather than comfort or safety. Bounces (escapes) from unpleasant feelings very quickly. Seeks constant new stimulation and tends to get bored very easily.

9). Stickler

Profile: Has a constant need for perfection, order and organization, sometimes taken too far. They make you and others uptight, saps energy from you and others as they waste time on extra measures of perfection that are not necessary. They are constantly frustrated with things and others over things not being perfect enough.

Characteristics: Punctual, methodical and perfectionist. Can be irritable, tense, opinionated and sarcastic. Highly critical of self and others. Strong need for self-control and self-restraint. Works overtime to make up for others' and own sloppiness and laziness. Is highly sensitive to criticism.

10). Victim

Profile: The victim is emotional and temperatmental as a way of gaining attention and affection. Focuses only on internal feelings, particularly painful ones, this can lead to a martyr streak. Wastes mental and emotional energy and others feel frustrated, helpless, or guilty they are unable to make them feel happy for long. 

Characteristics: If criticized or misunderstood tends to withdraw, pout and sulk. Fairly dramatic and temperamental. When things get tough wants to crumble and give up. Repressed rage results in depression, apathy and constant fatigue. Unconsciously attached to having difficulties. Gets attention by having emotional problems, or being temperamental and sullen.

Feel free to contact me or make a free appointment to get clarity on how a saboteur can affect you or how a combination of saboteurs can work against you.