HE related Psych Mini Diagnostic

Confidential · Clinical Mental Health

HE Psychological Readiness Diagnostic

5 questions identifying psychological patterns that may block your Heroed Enterprising engine. This diagnostic measures cognitive and emotional barriers — not personality traits. These barriers are modifiable through CBT Coaching. Based on peer-reviewed clinical mental health research and the STSF Base Theory.

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This diagnostic is designed exclusively for entrepreneurs, founders, and business owners. Your responses are confidential and will only be used to deliver your results and information about PreneurDomain’s CBT Coaching services.

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Question 1 of 5 — Imposter Phenomenon

When you achieve a significant milestone in your venture — closing a major deal, shipping a product, securing funding — what is your most common internal experience?

This question measures patterns associated with the Imposter Phenomenon — a cognitive pattern where founders attribute success to external factors rather than their own ability, blocking the heroic identity essential to HE.

I feel deep pride and ownership — I know my vision, decisions, and persistence made this happen

I feel satisfied but quickly remind myself that many factors contributed beyond my individual effort

I feel a mix of pride and anxiety — happy about the win but worried about whether I can replicate it

I tend to attribute the success to timing, my team, or luck rather than my own ability — and worry that people overestimate my role

I feel like a fraud — as if the success was accidental and people will eventually discover I’m not as capable as they think

Question 2 of 5 — Purpose Disconnection

When you think about the people your product or service ultimately helps, how emotionally connected do you feel to their experience?

This question measures Purpose Disconnection — the erosion of emotional connection to end-user impact that blocks the prosocial mission dimension of HE. Founders experiencing this often describe “going through the motions” without feeling the original “why.”

I feel deeply and viscerally connected — I can picture specific people whose lives improve because of what I’m building

I feel connected, though it takes deliberate effort to stay in touch with the human impact amid daily operations

I know intellectually that our work helps people, but I’ve lost the emotional intensity I felt when I started

I’ve become disconnected from end-user impact — customers feel more like metrics than people I’m genuinely helping

I honestly can’t articulate who specifically benefits from my work or why it matters beyond generating revenue

Question 3 of 5 — Visibility Avoidance

When an opportunity arises to be publicly recognized for your work — a speaking invitation, a press feature, an award nomination — what is your instinctive reaction?

This question measures Visibility Avoidance — the psychological resistance to claiming credit and seeking recognition that blocks the prosocial narcissism dimension. Healthy recognition-seeking fuels ventures; avoidance starves them of founder credibility.

I welcome it as an opportunity to amplify our mission and attract resources — I’m comfortable being the face of our impact

I accept with mild discomfort but recognize that visibility serves the venture’s growth

I hesitate significantly — I’d prefer the work to speak for itself rather than drawing attention to me personally

I actively avoid visibility opportunities — being in the spotlight feels self-promotional and inauthentic

I decline or redirect recognition to others almost reflexively — claiming credit feels fundamentally wrong, even when my contribution was decisive

Question 4 of 5 — Wealth Guilt

When you imagine your venture achieving significant financial success — substantial personal wealth, large exit, or major revenue milestone — what emotional response arises alongside the excitement?

This question measures Wealth Guilt — cognitive distortions that create an artificial separation between financial success and moral worth, blocking the doing-well-by-doing-good integration central to HE.

Pure positive anticipation — financial success means expanded capacity to create impact, hire, give back, and build the next venture

Mostly positive with occasional awareness that wealth brings complexity — but I see it as fundamentally enabling

Mixed feelings — I want financial success but feel tension between making money and maintaining my values or mission

Discomfort or guilt — I worry that pursuing significant wealth makes me selfish, greedy, or morally compromised

I actively resist the pursuit of significant wealth — I believe truly impactful work should be valued by outcomes, not by how much money it generates for me personally

Question 5 of 5 — Emotional Compartmentalization

How connected is your entrepreneurial drive to the well-being of the people closest to you — your family, your partner, your inner circle?

This question measures Emotional Compartmentalization — the disconnection between personal emotional stakes and professional drive that blocks the Family Anchor dimension. Research shows that founders who access personal stakes sustainably outperform those who wall them off.

Deeply integrated — my family’s well-being is a conscious and powerful source of entrepreneurial motivation that I draw on sustainably

Connected — I’m aware that my family depends on my success, and this awareness mostly energizes rather than overwhelms me

Partially compartmentalized — I try to keep family emotions separate from business decisions, though they leak through during crises

Heavily compartmentalized — I deliberately wall off personal emotions from my entrepreneurial life to stay “rational” and “professional”

Completely separated — I see no connection between my personal relationships and my business performance, and I prefer to keep it that way

Barrier Score

CBT Coaching for Entrepreneurs

The barriers identified in this diagnostic are cognitive and emotional patterns — not fixed personality traits. They are modifiable through structured CBT Coaching designed specifically for the entrepreneurial context. PreneurDomain offers one-on-one CBT Coaching sessions exclusively for entrepreneurs, founders, and business owners.

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