Viewpoint Survey
Instructions to surveyor: please be as honest and balanced in your answers as possible. If you don’t know
how to answer a question, or you never encountered ____________ in an applicable situation, leave the
area blank. Answer questions in as much detail as you feel comfortable, for certain reasons your answers
may be discussed with _____________’s accountability partner, however, your answers will not go beyond
that. This survey is not meant to be an outlet for any withheld anger or disappointment, it is meant to help
give _______________ a different perspective in his or herself. He or she has been walking through a
journey trying to bring clarity to certain aspects of him or herself, and you’re insight into who he or she is will
be helpful in this process.
Experiences
There are a few key experiences that have shaped your friend more than others, reflect on their life, and
briefly describe five experiences they’ve have had that have had a significant impact on the course and
direction of their life. Take a minute to read over those five experiences, beside each experience describe
how you feel that experience changed him or her, for the better or the worse, and give examples of how you
can see this in his or her current life.
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Skills
The things your friend has learned how to do, and the skills he or she has learned in their life are probably of
a very wide variety. Take a few minutes to think through some of the things that your friend learned to do
throughout his or her life, then grab your pen and jot five them down.
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Talents
Your friend has several talents, some of which he or she may not always see or understand. Talents are
those things which can be practiced to do better but have always had a knack for, and things that come
easily to a person (or just more quickly than most people). Think through all the things your friend can do, all
of his or her talents, pick five of them that stand out to you and write them down.
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Relationships
Your friends personality, experiences, gifts and skills effect how he or she deals with others. Take a minute to
read back through your comments in this survey and share two of the ways his or her experiences, talents
and skills effect how he or she relates to other people.
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Accomplishments
Along with your friend’s personality, his or her experiences, talents and skills effect how he or she accomplish
tasks. Take a minute to read back through your comments in this survey and share two of the ways your
friends experiences, talents and skills effect how he or she ‘gets things done.’
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Change
Along with your friends personality, his or her experiences, talents and skills effect how he or she deal with
change. Take a minute to read back through your comments in this survey and share two of the ways your
friends experiences, talents and skills effect how he or she handles change.
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Values
Whether you realize it or not, there are many things every person values in life. Take a minute to read
through the list of ‘value words’ (which of course is not all inclusive) and mark what you think your friends top
five values are. After you have done this, think about what you see that each of those values mean to your
friend and write down how you think he or she would define each word.
Value Words
Accuracy Achievement Advancement
Adventure Aesthetics Artistic Expressions
Authenticity Balance Challenge
Competency Competition Conformity
Contribution Control Cooperation
Creativity Efficiency Fairness
Family Financial Security Flexibility
Friendship Generosity Happiness
Humor Independence Influence
Integrity Learning Leisure
Location Love Loyalty
Nature Organization Peace
Perseverance Personal Development Physical Fitness & Health
Power Prestige Recognition
Religious Beliefs Responsibility Security
Self-Respect Service Stability
Tolerance Tradition Variety
Other___________ Other____________ Other_____________
Values & Definitions
E.g. Tolerance – an acceptance of people, attitudes, or situations that goes beyond what is culturally
accepted.
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Passions
Everyone has passions, things they love or get excited about. Think about the times in your friends life when
he or she seemed to have felt the most enjoyment, and passion. Take a few moments to think about what
you think excites and moves him or her. Write a couple of sentences about those top five passions.
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Personality
No one thing can explain, express, or define a persons’ personality, and that makes the search for oneself a
little tricky sometimes. The following links are suggested of inventory or test that might help you see a little bit
of your friend more clearly. Put yourself in your friends shoes, click the link, and take record what you feel is
true of your friends personality and giftings.
Personality Tests
Shortened Meyer-Briggs
http://www.2h.com/personality-tests.html
http://www.personalityquiz.net/
Spiritual Gift Inventories
www.buildingchurch.net
http://www.churchgrowth.org
http://archive.elca.org/evangelizingchurch
Notes & Suggestions
Reflect on the survey, and what you have said about your friend. Everyone knows that learning about
yourself doesn’t do any good if you don’t move on what you have learned. Take a few moments to look back
at the things you have noted about your friend, and make a few suggestions on how he or she can continue
to grow.
1. In order to grow in his or her spiritual life, your friend could
2. In order to grow in his or her intellectual life, your friend could
3. In order to grow in his or her social life, your friend could
4. In order to grow in his or her strengths an gifts, your friend could
5. In order to grow in his or her talents and skills, your friend could
Is there anything else you want your friend to know about him or herself? Record it here: