SCRIPT CHECK · 60 SECONDS
Five quick questions show how often it appears, how believable it feels, and what it makes you avoid. You’ll get one private next step.
This is not a diagnosis and there is no pass or fail. It measures the current frequency, credibility, and behavioral cost of “If I were really on track, they’d have told me by now”, including the private rule underneath it: The private rule is: if the people above me wanted me, they would make it obvious. Any gap in feedback becomes evidence that I’m not where I should be, so I must keep reading between the lines instead of trusting what is actually said.
QUIET
“If I were really on track, they’d have told me by now” appears, but it rarely gets the final say. Keep this line available for higher-pressure moments: “If they have feedback, they have a responsibility to deliver it. Silence is not a verdict.”
PRESENT
“If I were really on track, they’d have told me by now” wins some small decisions before you catch it. Your useful interruption is: “The standard may be opaque, but my guess is not the same thing as knowledge.”
ACTIVE
“If I were really on track, they’d have told me by now” is shaping action often enough to deserve a deliberate counterexample. Start privately and concretely: On a notepad, draw two columns: “facts I have” and “stories I’m adding.” Fill each with three short items from today’s work, then close the notebook without rereading it.
DOMINANT
Right now, “If I were really on track, they’d have told me by now” is steering many of the moments you measured. That is a pattern reading, not a diagnosis or character verdict. Begin with one reversible receipt: On a notepad, draw two columns: “facts I have” and “stories I’m adding.” Fill each with three short items from today’s work, then close the notebook without rereading it.