Test · 3 min

Regulatory Focus

Regulatory focus explains whether your drive comes more from possibility and advancement or from responsibility, safety, and avoiding mistakes.

Original PersonaGraf short form based on Higgins' regulatory focus theory.

Regulatory Focus · result

Prevention-focused

Promotion: 25/100. Prevention: 100/100. You are pulled more by security and responsibility than by upside.

Highest signal100Prevention
Largest gap+50Promotion
AlignmentlowAverage 63
PromotionMotivation through gains, growth, ideals, and possibilities.
+50
Self
25
Peer
75
PreventionMotivation through safety, duty, accuracy, and avoiding loss.
0
Self
100
Peer
100

01I am energized by opportunities to grow, win, or expand.

02I think first about what could go right.

03I would rather chase an upside than preserve the status quo.

04A bold possibility can pull me through discomfort.

05I measure progress by advancement toward an ideal.

06I am motivated by keeping important things from going wrong.

07I notice risks before I notice opportunities.

08I feel responsible for preventing avoidable mistakes.

09Security matters more to me than maximum upside.

10I measure progress by how well obligations are protected.

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