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 “I'm next — I can feel it”, including the private rule underneath it: Every signal from leadership is a clue about whether I'm next. The organization proved it could change suddenly, so reading ambiguous things as precursors makes sense—but the loop misfires when you treat normal calendar friction and…
QUIET
“I'm next — I can feel it” appears, but it rarely gets the final say. Keep this line available for higher-pressure moments: “That alert system worked the day it started. It's not giving me new information anymore—it's just repeating.”
PRESENT
“I'm next — I can feel it” wins some small decisions before you catch it. Your useful interruption is: “A rescheduled 1:1 is usually someone's calendar conflict, not a signal I need to decode.”
ACTIVE
“I'm next — I can feel it” is shaping action often enough to deserve a deliberate counterexample. Start privately and concretely: For three days, note the exact moment you feel 'next' most strongly. Write down the trigger—meeting moved, Slack comment, Friday afternoon quiet—and whether anything actually changed. Look for the pattern between feeling the urge and having new information.
DOMINANT
Right now, “I'm next — I can feel it” is steering many of the moments you measured. That is a pattern reading, not a diagnosis or character verdict. Begin with one reversible receipt: For three days, note the exact moment you feel 'next' most strongly. Write down the trigger—meeting moved, Slack comment, Friday afternoon quiet—and whether anything actually changed. Look for the pattern between feeling the urge and having new information.