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When I get what I want it's usually because I worked hard for it.
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When I make plans, I am almost certain to make them work.
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I prefer games involving some luck over games requiring pure skill.
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I can learn almost anything if I set my mind to it.
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My major accomplishments are entirely due to my hard work and ability.
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I usually don't set goals because I have a hard time following through on them.
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Competition discourages excellence.
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Often people get ahead just by being lucky.
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On any sort of exam or competition, I like to know how well I do relative to everyone else.
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It's pointless to keep working on something that's too difficult for me.
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Even when I'm feeling self-confident about most things, I still seem to lack the ability to control social situations.
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I have no trouble making and keeping friends.
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I'm not good at guiding the course of a conversation with several others.
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I can usually establish a close personal relationship with someone I find attractive.
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When being interviewed, I can usually steer the interviewer toward the topics I want to talk about and away from those I wish to avoid.
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If I need help in carrying off a plan of mine, it's usually difficult to get others to help.
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If there's someone I want to meet, I can usually arrange it.
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I often find it hard to get my point of view across to others.
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In attempting to smooth over a disagreement, I usually make it worse.
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I find it easy to play an important part in most group situations.
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By taking an active part in political and social affairs we, the people, can control world events.
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The average citizen can have an influence on government decisions.
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It is difficult for people to have much control over the things politicians do in office.
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Bad economic conditions are caused by world events that are beyond our control.
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With enough effort, we can wipe out political corruption.
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One of the major reasons we have wars is that people don't take enough interest in politics.
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There is nothing we, as consumers, can do to keep the cost of living from going higher.
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When I look at it carefully, I realize it is impossible to have any really important influence over what big businesses do.
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I prefer to concentrate my energy on other things rather than on solving the world's problems.
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In the long run, we, the voters, are responsible for bad government on a national as well as a local level.