If you need to update your phone, what would you do?
A. Ask my friends how to do it and figure a way out.
B. Give it to my guy friends and complain how difficult the task is so that they would do it for me.
C. Not bother with it.
You want a ride back home and you are wearing your stilettos, you would...
A. Take off the shoes and walk.
B. Complain to my companions how I am never able to get a cab and get them to drop me home.
C. Wait patiently for a cab.
If you have to meet your friends for lunch, but have some work to complete, you would...
A. Ask my boss if I can submit the work a bit later.
B. Keep cribbing that I never get to meet my friends and get my colleagues to do my work.
C. Cancel the lunch and concentrate on my work.
Playing the damsel in distress is...
A. Very distressing.
B. A lot of fun and very easy.
C. Impossible.
When it tasks like booking your tickets or picking your favorite food from a faraway place, who do you turn to?
A. I don't mind doing it myself, but if I am tied up I don't mind asking my friends to help me out.
B. I ask my friends to do it for me...and they can't say no.
C. I do it myself. I can't trust anyone to do it correctly.
Mostly A: You like to be independent and know your way around. At the same time you don't hesitate to ask people for advice or help when you need it. That's a good balance. You will not come across as someone who is helpless all the time or as someone who can't be felxible.
Mostly B: You have done perfected your damsel-in-distress routine, but it may just backfire on you. People at work are bound to undermine your abilities, while your friends are eventually going to see you as a needy person. You may not think so, but it does become obvious to people that you are dumbing yourself down to find an easy way out.
Mostly C: You are independent, but asking for help go well with your ego. Asking for help isn't a sign of weakness, instead it means you are willing to do anything to better yourself or your work. Being open to asking and giving help will win you some good friends and will make you a team player at work.
