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STROKE PROFILE
excerpted with permission by
BOB AVARY & ASSOCIATES, 3211 KERMIT HWY., ODESSA, TX 79762
FROM SELF ASSESSMENT - TA FOR MANAGEMENT

Take your totals from the boxes on the -- Stroking Questionnaire -- and put the score in the
appropriate column. Shade in the area to make a bar chart. You can use the extra chart
to make a stroke profile on your spouse, a friend, your boss or some other person
significant in your life. How do the profiles look together? Is there a problem area? For
example you give a lot of positive strokes and they won't take positive strokes. Maybe you
ask for a lot of strokes and they refuse to give positive strokes. Look for any patterns.

POSITIVE STROKES POSITIVE STROKES

(1) (3) (5) (7) (1) (3) (5) (7)
24 24 24 24

20 20 20 20
S S
16 T 16 16 T 16
R R
12
O 12 12
O 12
K K
8
E 8
E
8 8
S S
4 4 4 4

ASK REFUSE ASK REFUSE

GIVE TAKE GIVE TAKE
FOR TO GIVE FOR TO GIVE

4 4 4 4
A A
T T
8 8 8 8
T T
E E
12 12 12 12
N N
T T
16 I 16 16 I 16

O O
20 N 20 20 N 20

24 24 24 24
(2) (4) (6) (8) (2) (4) (6) (8)
NEGATIVE STROKES NEGATIVE STROKES

OPINIONS AND FEELINGS ARE FREQUENTLY A PERSONAL TRIUMPH OVER GOOD THINKING

YOU DEFINE REALITY BY WHAT YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU BELIEVE, AND WHAT YOU DO ABOUT IT.

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