QUIET
Quiet signal
“The locker room thinks it's on me” appears, but it rarely gets the final say. Keep this line available for higher-pressure moments: “Eleven people lost that game. I'm allowed to carry one share, not the whole crate.”
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 locker room thinks it's on me”, including the private rule underneath it: If the team loses and the room gets quiet, you are supposed to absorb the blame, account for every mistake, and keep carrying the emotional weight until it feels balanced again. Anything less can feel like letting everyone down twice.
QUIET
“The locker room thinks it's on me” appears, but it rarely gets the final say. Keep this line available for higher-pressure moments: “Eleven people lost that game. I'm allowed to carry one share, not the whole crate.”
PRESENT
“The locker room thinks it's on me” wins some small decisions before you catch it. Your useful interruption is: “The captain's job is to steer the ship, not to be the ocean.”
ACTIVE
“The locker room thinks it's on me” is shaping action often enough to deserve a deliberate counterexample. Start privately and concretely: On a scrap of paper, make two columns: “my share” and “not mine.” Write three items from the loss into the first column and three things that belong in the second. Fold the paper and put it in your bag.
DOMINANT
Right now, “The locker room thinks it's on me” 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 scrap of paper, make two columns: “my share” and “not mine.” Write three items from the loss into the first column and three things that belong in the second. Fold the paper and put it in your bag.