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 “They funded us by mistake and they're going to figure that out”, including the private rule underneath it: If outside money came in, it must mean someone judged the company as more certain than it really is; any wobble now is proof the approval was accidental and temporary, so you should stay braced for the error to be corrected.
QUIET
“They funded us by mistake and they're going to figure that out” appears, but it rarely gets the final say. Keep this line available for higher-pressure moments: “The money arrived because someone chose this risk, not because the universe made a typo.”
PRESENT
“They funded us by mistake and they're going to figure that out” wins some small decisions before you catch it. Your useful interruption is: “A shaky week is still a shaky week, not a receipt for mistaken funding.”
ACTIVE
“They funded us by mistake and they're going to figure that out” is shaping action often enough to deserve a deliberate counterexample. Start privately and concretely: Open a blank note and write three columns: what is already true, what is still unfinished, and what only feels like exposure. Spend under ten minutes sorting items without editing or sending anything.
DOMINANT
Right now, “They funded us by mistake and they're going to figure that out” 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 a blank note and write three columns: what is already true, what is still unfinished, and what only feels like exposure. Spend under ten minutes sorting items without editing or sending anything.