Quiz: Do You Need to 'Grow a Pair'?

Five-time best-selling author Larry Winget calls himself the "Pit Bull of Personal Development," and in his new book, Grow a Pair: How to Stop Being a Victim and Take Back Your Life, Your Business, and Your Sanity, he offers common sense advice for taking charge of your life. To reach your goals — personal, career, money or otherwise — Larry says you have to reject victimhood and start being more assertive.

Larry offers the following questions you should ask yourself:

• Do you allow people to take advantage of you?
• Do your kids talk back to you?
• Do you find yourself picking up the slack for lazy coworkers?
• Do you let people cut in front of you in line?
• Do you accept bad service without speaking up?
• Do you eat cold food in a restaurant rather than send it back?
• Do you allow people you are paying to be late for appointments?
• Do you let things slide even though it bothers you?
• Do you let your friends hurt your feelings and never say a word about it?
• Do you often feel responsible for other people and their feelings?
• Do you find yourself unwilling to express yourself for fear of offending someone?
• Do you ever feel that people don’t respect you?
• Do you find yourself compromising your opinions and beliefs in an effort to go along?
• Do you feel like you are being used?
• Do people talk down to you?
• Do people mistreat you emotionally, verbally, psychologically or physically?
  

If you answered yes to any of these questions, Larry says chances are good you need to "grow a pair." He's not talking about anatomy — he's talking about attitude! Instead of offering excuses or explanations, Larry says we must face facts, take responsibility and deal with the consequences.