Are you a Da Vinci

Below are a number of characteristics of Da Vincis. Tick the column that most accurately describes you. Follow the instructions to get your Da Vinci percentage. For those scoring higher than 50%, it will also show whether you are using your Da Vinci qualities to principally enhance or undermine your life.

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Highly energetic - you have boundless energy

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Hyperactive - you find it hard to settle down

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Action oriented - you quickly move from an idea to taking action

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Impulsive - you act without enough thought for consequences

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Enterprising - you are willing to take some risks for ideas you are keen on

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Unmanageable - parents, teachers, partners and/or bosses find you hard to manage

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Intrinsically motivated - you put lots of energy into your own projects and ideas

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Hard for others to motivate - you are not interested in doing what others ask you, even if it is rewarded with money, qualifications, stars or treats

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Passionate - you throw your energy into the things you choose to do

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Intense - your passion for ideas can be obsessive

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Self directed learner - when interested you find it easy to teach yourself about new things

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Won’t follow rules - you find rules irksome and unnecessary

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Creative thinking - you generate lots of ideas easily

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Unfocussed - you tune out or daydream

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Imaginative - your unique ideas are richly formed in your mind

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Forgetful - you forget items and appointments

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Problem solver - you can find new solutions to old problems

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Impatient with routines or mundane activities

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Great in a crisis - when others are panicking you are ‘in the zone‘;

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Create crises - trouble seems to follow you through life

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Strong initiative - you take responsibility for getting your projects underway

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Not a team player - you find working as a member of a group frustrating

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Work under pressure - you perform at your best when facing deadlines, a big challenge or a crisis

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Chronic lateness - you procrastinate till the last minute, then throw in a spurt of energy that means you are almost on time

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Adventurous - you love new challenges

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Dangerous - you are accident prone and do things that prudent people would avoid

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Humorous - you create and make fun

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Over the top - you annoy people through being tactless, dominating conversation, being silly, and/or intruding in other people’s space

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Characterful - people may like or dislike you but they all know you

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Mood swings - you tend to be quick to anger, get upset, get irritable and/or have temper outbursts

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Resilient - you bounce back from setbacks

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Error prone - you repeatedly make the same errors or infraction of rules, even though you know the rules and the consequences

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Hyper-focused when interested - you can get so engrossed in what you are doing that that time seems to disappear and everything else is tuned out

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Distractable - you are easily distracted when not interested

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Optimistic - you focus on the upside and ignore the downside

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Ignore issues - others may think you take risks but you don’t think of your choices as risky. In fact you don’t think about it at all.

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Love new ideas

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Easily bored

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Begin new projects - you find new activities stimulating

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Fail to finish projects - once the creative or new element has gone, so has your interest

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Insightful - you easily form your own unique opinions and understanding from complex situations

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Discount others views - you find listening to other people’s ideas tedious

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Big picture thinker - you see the whole situation clearly

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Ignore details - to you minutiae seems mindless

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Uninhibited - you are comfortable talking to strangers or doing things that others tend to be too shy or embarrassed to do

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Uninhibited - you can be tactless or cause embarrassment

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Talented - you excel at art, music, design, acting and/or inventing

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Indolent - you avoid mundane work that has no creative element

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Warm hearted and sensitive - you deeply care about the needs of others

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Low self esteem - you feel your emotions and self worth have been constantly trampled on

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