The Positivity IQ Scorecard

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You have a goal to reach. 

Maintain a minimum level of 68% Positivity about achieving your goals.

How will you know and manage your Positivity progress? 

People and organizations love to keep score and track their progress.

But reading a book is not a progress report. Memory is not a measurement.

You cannot accurately remember or keep track of your thoughts about your plans, ideas, and goals in your head.

Developing a new habit, a Positivity habit, requires practice, measurement, feedback, and modification .

The Positivity IQ Scorecard enables you to record and track your positive and negative thoughts about achieving your goal.

  •  I discovered that "thinking" positively about my goal at least 68% of the time was not as easy as I expected.

  •  I had no way of knowing how well I was doing.

  •  The PIQ Scorecard is a simple tool to keep track of how I felt about my progress toward my goals each week.

Measure Your Positivity IQ
The PIQ Scorecard uses a few simple statements of commonsense self-talk about our goals.
You score how well each statement represents your level of feelings during the weekly period.
 
The seven statements cover a range of positive, uncertain, and negative thoughts you might have; the statements are generic, so you can use your own words when doing your self-assessment.

Weekly positivity thoughts scorecard with categories ranging from totally positive to negative, showing percentages for 14 weeks, and a total positivity score with an adjusted score at the bottom.


There are two scores based on the seven statements.

  •  A total of the Positive scores. That's the starting point. 

  •  Then there is a built-in adjustment factor for how negativity detracts from positive intentions.​

After you enter your ratings, the two scores are calculated automatically.

The goal is to increase your Adjusted Positivity score to 68% and maintain that level, or higher, to support your plans to achieve your goal.

The Positivity Scorecard Progress Report™

The PIQ  Scorecard does the work for you. A Progress Report Chart is automatically updated when you enter new scores in the Scorecard.

  • Total Positive     

  • Total Adjusted

  • Target 68% line

A bar graph showing weekly positivity measured by total positive thoughts and an adjusted positivity score. The yellow bars represent total positive thoughts, and the green bars represent the adjusted positivity score. The graph indicates progress toward a 68% positivity goal with a red dashed line at 70%.

How often do you measure Positivity IQ?

  • Recommended: Once per week

  • The basic Scorecard records 14 weekly periods (approximately three months)

  • Research shows it takes 30-90 days to establish many new habits

  • Extended 26-period Scorecard available for six months of tracking

  • Complete instruction guide included

  • Works in Excel or Google Sheets (free from Google), or basic Excel is now  free on the  Web.

A comparison of two bell curves illustrating success patterns. The left curve shows a standard success pattern with 68% success in the middle, while the right curve emphasizes increasing success probability with more successes occurring in the yellow and green zones.