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Passion Test & EMP

Discover Your Passion. Shape Your Mindset. Build What Matters.

Success starts with knowing yourself. Whether you're taking your first entrepreneurial step or seeking purpose-driven direction, our tools help you identify your true passions and assess your entrepreneurial mindset. Combine clarity with confidence using the Passion Test and the Entrepreneurial Mindset Profile® (EMP)—proven frameworks to align what drives you with what you can build.

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“I think of entrepreneurs as people that are animated by desire and passion, even if the odds are against them. I find that really, really fascinating.”

Eliana Crosina, MBA, Babson Assist Professor of Entrepreneurship

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SYOS PASSION TEST

ABOUT THE BOOK THE PASSION TEST

The Effortless Path to Discovering Your Life Purpose

From this book you gain a deeper understanding of your true life passion and purpose. Lasting success begins with discovering, staying connected to and getting good at your passion.  Readers can identify their top five passions by taking the Test, and then learn exactly how to align their lives with their priorities by following a step-by-step program of action. Book is by Janet Bray Attwood and Chris Attwood, Plume Book, 2008. NYT B. Seller.  

Setyourownsalary.com's Startup Success Formula is based 50% on choosing your unique passion to pursue an idea or concept for a small business entrepreneurial venture. This test will help you determine what is your own distinctive passion.  You can take the test using the websites below:  

https://www.thepassiontest.com/the-passion-assessment  -  To take the Passion Test  

https://www.thepassiontest.com  -  For Tools to Support Living Your Passion  

From the Passion Test, “Pursuit of passion is so basic to life, so intimate to life, that if you’re not pursuing your passion, you’re not going to be happy for long nor sustain that direction for very long.  What you put your attention on grows stronger in your life. You can develop a talent in an area, which then allows you to succeed in that area.”  

From Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s Flow Theory, the psychology of optimal experience, “People are happy when they are in a state of flow, a type of intrinsic motivation that involves being fully focused on the situation or task, often resulting in immersion and concentrated focus that can result in high levels of personal and work satisfaction.”  

From the Startup Success Formula, “Selection of a product or service concept as your new startup business about which you have a passion turns work into play, overcomes challenges and doubles creativity. The effort becomes easier, and time passes

By using the test you will discover your heartfelt passion settling on the type of either product or service your will “tweak” into a new competitive advantage combined with the second half of the entrepreneurship success formula lean or evidenced-based planning.

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 Not sure what your strengths are or if you’re in the right job for your skill set? Start by asking yourself these questions:

  • What were your best subjects or activities

    in school?

  • What kind of work comes easily to you?

  • Where do you get high scores in your performance reviews?

  • What are your strongest personality traits?

  • Which skill set do you gravitate toward?

  • When you’re part of a team project, what role do you take?

  • What kind of training or experience do you already have?

  • How do you like to spend your free time?

  • What do people need your help with?

  • Whose work inspires or motivates you?

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* Courtesy of the Ramsey Solutions Career Assessments

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The Entrepreneurial Mindset

An entrepreneurial mindset fuels innovation, creativity, goal-setting, hard work, and the courage to take calculated risks. It’s a way of thinking—believing you can shape your own future and live life on your terms.

At its core, this mindset is about spotting opportunity and being willing to act. Entrepreneurs think creatively, embrace uncertainty, and use both personal experience and social networks to develop ideas. They ask “what if” and “why not,” pushing boundaries to discover new paths.

This mindset isn’t just innate—it can be developed. Qualities like determination, focus, flexibility, and curiosity are central, as outlined by the University of Arizona’s nine mindset traits.

To better understand your entrepreneurial strengths, we offer the Entrepreneurial Mindset Profile® (EMP)—a proven assessment that highlights your strong points and areas for growth. We’re happy to process your EMP upon request (grading fees apply).

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