Compressed Time
Communication Overload
Dis-Connectedness
Cost
Competition
Customer Contact
Computers
Change
Coming of Age
Complexity

10% off everything
on this site!

Cranky Quiz # 2: Communication Overload (chapter 3)

Scoring the Cranky Quiz

Score 1 point for every yes and 0 for every no. Count a sometimes as a yes. Add your total: 3 points or less (Cool) means you're in good shape, 4 to 7 (Warm) indicates a need to slow down, and 8 to 10 (Hot!) indicates a raging cranky infection. You'll find anti-cranky solutions for each Quiz item in this chapter.

1. ____ Do you watch more than two hours of TV per day, including reruns?
   
   
2. ____ Do you begin and/or end your day with TV, radio, or a newspaper?
   
   
3. ____ Do you leave the TV or radio on for the purpose of background noise?
   
   
4. ____ Do you tune into talk shows and celebrity specials, or buy tabloids?
   
   
5. ____ Do you discuss movies, events, TV programs, or commercials with friends, family, and colleagues?
   
   
6. ____ Do you consider yourself "immune" to commercials and ads?
   
   
7. ____ Do you listen to politically oriented talk shows?
   
   
8. ____ Are you drawn to mysteries or suspense novels, real-life crime, or violent movies and TV thrillers?
   
   
9. ____ Are you surrounded with piles of paper (memos, magazines, articles) that you somehow never get to?
   
   
10. ____ Are you so information soaked that you can't assimilate the old data, let alone the new?