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Now some of what follows may not apply to you, but it does apply to a lot more business owners than we generally would like to think.

We've all seen the hopeful contestants on reality TV shows who are all absolutely confident they're all going to win - even though there's is only ever one winner, and a whole load of "also rans" who end up being knocked out at various stages of the competition. Now unfortunately, it can be just like that in business too, with a lot of business owners completely convinced that things are going to work out really, really well, and that the profits are about to begin flowing in - even though there's a whole load of evidence to the contrary. If you want to know if you're being unrealistic in your business ambitions, click through the 25 short questions here.

Your business "Reality Check" will only take 5 to 7 minutes, and you'll find out just how much sense it makes to continue with your current approach. Read the questions carefully, but then give a quick response once you understand the question without too much analysis of your response. Your results are likely to be more accurate and useful this way Take a note of your final score - It could be very useful later.

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1	How frequently do you feel concerned about paying business bills?
2	How often do you wake up on a Monday morning and dread having to face your business issues?
3	How often do you lie in bed awake, worrying about your business?
4	At parties do you enjoy talking about how interesting, satisfying and profitable your business is?
5	At parties do you moan about how difficult or trying business is (your staff, your industry, the economy, the hours you have to work, your customers)?
6	Do you feel you are always putting off an inevitable business problems that you just haven't got to handling yet?
7	How often do you feel you have to compromise your own personal standards or values to keep tother people (staff, customers) happy?
8	Do you feel your staff are really on your side and generally make a valuable contribution?
9	Do you feel isolated and unsupported at work?
10	How often do you feel you'd like your staff to be making more of a contribution than they are currently?
11	How often do you feel angry about a work situation?
12	Do you ever feel burnt out, or seriously consider that you might be burnt out?
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13	Would you say you feel personally fulfilled, and satisfied with your business profitability?
14	How often are you fed up at work or day-dream about doing something else completely?
15	How often do you think you'd love to get out of your current business - but you don't know how to make it happen just yet?
16	How often do you honestly feel you are well rewarded for the responsibility and stress of being in business?
17	Do you wish a business broker would call with an offer from someone to buy your business?
18	How often do you say or think "If only I could just get rid of him/her" about a particular staff member?
19	How often do you feel you have lost your way with your business - a sense that you don't know where you are going?
20	Do you feel unhappy, worried or upset at the thought that your business will be pretty much the same in 5 years time?
21	How often do you say or think that if it wasn't for the money you'd change business?
22	How often do you feel you are doing what you do to satisfy someone elses needs, like your staff or friends and family?
23	If you are currently making big changes in your business, how often do you feel confident with how you are doing?
24	How often do feel you've had enough of what your business is costing you personally in terms of relationships with your family?
25	If you are currently planning to exit your business, how often do you worry that you have chosen the wrong approach?

Your Business "Reality Check"