There's a danger inherent in self-help as a genre: Given a selection of advice books, as you might find in the self-help bestseller section of Amazon, you will naturally gravitate toward the advice that is instinctual and emotionally comfortable — advice that plays to your strengths.
But the advice that's most valuable for you will often be counter-instinctual — the kind of stuff that provokes an existential cringe reaction because it challenges the coping strategies you've developed in life. These Cringe Minefields are where our biggest self-improvement gains are likely to come from, because they point to parts of ourselves we haven't allowed to develop — there's only so much you can continue to squeeze out of your core strengths, but you can get 'noob gains,' as gym bros would say, from focusing on your core fears.
This quiz will help you find your Cringe Minefield, so you can get to work crossing it. It takes less than 5 minutes, adapts as you go, and at the end you'll get a profile of the specific emotional trap that's most likely to be limiting your agency.
Fair warning: If your result doesn't sting a little, something went wrong.