Understand
How You

Think

before you try to
change anything

with the Habit Finder Assessment

This is a short, research-informed assessment designed to identify patterns in how you think, especially under pressure.

It does not diagnose, label, or attempt to explain your personality.

It does not prescribe, offer life advice, or promise instant transformation.

It is meant to clarify the thinking behind your thinking—particularly for people who are capable, thoughtful, and tenacious, but still find themselves revisiting the same issues over and over despite a solid level of self-awareness.

Time: approximately 10 minutes

Cost: free

Obligation: none

Take the Assessment

(Re)Cognition

The Key Barrier

Many folks who take this assessment are not stuck because they lack insight, intelligence, or discipline.

They are stuck because of their habits of thinking. How they focus their attention. How they interpret situations. How they decide to take action.

Some of these habits of thinking work well in certain contexts and not so well in others.

Or they used to work better but now they yield mixed results, if any results at all.

You might recognize yourself if you:

revisit the same decisions repeatedly, even after a good amount of analysis and more than a few attempts to change

alternate between clarity and inertia, without understanding why

are no stranger to hard work but feel that your efforts dissipate instead of accumulate

sense that the issue is not what you are doing, but how you might be approaching it

These Issues Are Common

But They Are Not Random

They tend to surface especially during times of transition, added responsibility, or increased complexity.

The purpose of this assessment is to
make these patterns visible and usable, instead of idiosyncratic, mysterious, or problematic.

The Key Barrier

This Assessment Is
Not Designed to

Categorize You,

Optimize You, or

Explain You.

The Habit Finder does not:

assign you a type, category, or label

rank your strengths (or your weaknesses)

predict outcomes

recommend a course of action

The Difference

A Structured Way to Observe

Many online assessments focus on identity.

This one focuses on patterns of use: how attention and intention are deployed, most notably when the stakes are high.

If you are looking for affirmation, a personality profile, or a quick label, these results will probably disappoint you.

If you are looking for language and structure for something you already sense, but don't know how to name, this might prove useful.

Take the Habit Finder

What You Receive

A Personal Report of Your Primary Patterns of Thinking

After completing the assessment, you will receive a detailed summary that includes:

A description of how your mental effort is typically organized

The kinds of situations where this way of thinking is likely to help

The kinds of situations where it might create friction or even sabotage your best efforts

The information is presented in such a way that it affords a mulling over, rather than any need to act immediately on what you learn.

You might find that it confirms something you already suspected.

You might also notice patterns that you recognized but had no way to name.

Take the Habit Finder

This assessment tends to be most useful for people who:

Think carefully and often

Take responsibility seriously

Are navigating role changes or complex life or work situations

Suspect that effort alone
is no longer a solution

It proves less useful for people who:

Want quick answers or directives

Are looking for motivation, reassurance, or validation

Prefer external structure
over internal reflection

Expect a tool to tell them
what to do next

Looking Ahead

After You Receive Your Results

…you decide how you want to use them, if at all.

Some people read them and move on.

Others revisit them from time to time as a reference point for deeper reflection or to enter a conversation.

There is no requirement to schedule a session or pursue coaching, and I am the only person who has access to your results (aside from you, of course).

If you choose later to explore coaching, your results can provide a shared language for that work. However, you can learn a lot from your results in and of themselves.

Hope Lafferty

My work combines formal training in social psychology, psychotherapy, and adult education with decades of experience of professional practice as a writer, editor, and communications specialist in scientific and medical research.

I discovered the Habit Finder in 2016. Having taken and studied many psychometric assessments throughout my career, I was so impressed and surprised by the results and their application that I became certified as a Habit Finder coach in 2020.

Much of my work is with scientists and medical writers. People who are experienced information gatherers and cautious about what to do with everything they learn.

The Habit Finder is built for careful readers and people who think deliberately.