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 “The in-office people get promoted — not the remote ones”, including the private rule underneath it: If the decision-makers didn't see me make it, then it doesn't count. Proximity equals proof. The people in the room are the people who matter, and I'm not reliably in the room.
QUIET
“The in-office people get promoted — not the remote ones” appears, but it rarely gets the final say. Keep this line available for higher-pressure moments: “My output is real whether it was made in an office or at a desk. I don't need an audience to make it valid.”
PRESENT
“The in-office people get promoted — not the remote ones” wins some small decisions before you catch it. Your useful interruption is: “I can track what I've shipped without tracking whose eyes were on me while I shipped it.”
ACTIVE
“The in-office people get promoted — not the remote ones” is shaping action often enough to deserve a deliberate counterexample. Start privately and concretely: Open your completed work from the last month. Write down three deliverables by title and date. Read the list back to yourself. None of these became unfinished because they were made remotely.
DOMINANT
Right now, “The in-office people get promoted — not the remote ones” is steering many of the moments you measured. That is a pattern reading, not a diagnosis or character verdict. Begin with one reversible receipt: Open your completed work from the last month. Write down three deliverables by title and date. Read the list back to yourself. None of these became unfinished because they were made remotely.