Take the Saboteur Assessment
Knowing your top Saboteurs -- the part of your mind doing you the most damage -- is the first step to reducing the harm they cause.
The Saboteur Assessment is the first step to identifying your Saboteurs to expose their lies and discredit them.
It takes just 5 minutes to complete the assessment, and you'll receive a full report on the makeup of your Saboteurs. Use the same email address that you registered for the Positive Intelligence app, and your report will be linked to your profile.
Where do I take the Saboteur Assessment and PQ Score assessment?
Please follow this link www.positiveintelligence.com/assessments to take the Saboteur Assessment.
And to discover your PQ Score, follow the link here: www.positiveintelligence.com/pq-score
What do my scores in the Saboteur Assessment mean?
The scores in your Saboteur Assessment measures the relative strength of your Saboteurs. The higher the number, the more that Saboteur is messing with you.
Weakening your Saboteurs is the goal, so the lower the number, the better.
By weakening your Saboteurs, strengthening your Sage and doing PQ Reps to grow your muscle of Self-Command, you'll see the numbers start to decline.
All of Shirzad's research on Saboteur can be found in the footnotes of the best-selling book, Positive Intelligence.
What is PQ Score?
The PQ Score is the indicator for the percentage of time your mind is acting like your friend, instead of your enemy.
This quotient is a percentage, from 1 to 100. A PQ Score of 75 is the tipping point, where your Sage is working for you 75% of the time and your Saboteurs are working against you the remaining 25%.
You want your mind to be serving you instead of sabotaging you at this goal of PQ Score 75.
There are a lot of variables that go into your PQ score and you'll see the number fluctuate by day, circumstances and mood. Taking the assessment over multiple days helps determine a more accurate number.
Please know we advise taking the PQ Score assessment at least 3 times over 2 weeks, then calculate the average instead of going with 1 metric over another.
If you're looking for more information on the PQ Score, this is located in chapter 8 (page 121) of Shirzad's Positive Intelligence book.
Is PQ right for me?
We want everyone to reach their true potential and have participants from all over the world join our programs every week, whether individuals looking to achieve more, corporate teams leading their employees or coaches helping their clients. They're increasing their PQ for better results in performance, happiness and often leading to higher success, by weakening their Saboteurs and growing their Sage.
Is PQ right for you? Please know it depends on you.
This is the right program for you if you are:
committed to improving your performance and effectiveness remarkably while reducing stress
looking for a science-based and trusted system to make it stick
willing to put in the base effort to rewire years of mental habits that don't serve you.
Where can I find PQ Research?
Where do I find information on the research?
This information is located on our website, which you can access by following this link:
positiveintelligence.com/resources/
Shirzad's whitepapers - The Neuroscience of Positive Intelligence & Research Foundation for Positive Intelligence Assessments - are a little more than halfway down the page.
PQ Program
The six-week PQ Program is designed like a mental fitness bootcamp and combines weekly video sessions with daily app-guided practices to boost your 3 core mental fitness muscles.
3 Core muscles:
Saboteurs Interceptor Muscle: Your Saboteurs generate all your negative emotions, including stress, anxiety, self-doubt, anger, avoidance, procrastination, insensitivity or discontent. Mental fitness requires the ability to intercept and discredit the Saboteurs.
Sage Muscle: Your Sage is the one in you that handles challenges with a clear and calm mind, and positive emotions. It also has access to your 5 primary powers.
All you need to paint any canvas is 3 primary colors. Similarly, through factor analysis research we’ve discovered that there are only 5 primary powers: Empathize, Explore, Innovate, Navigate, and Activate. For peak performance, you learn to boost all 5 powers and know when to use which power.
Self-Command Muscle: You’re not in full command of your mind. If you were, you would choose to entirely silence the Saboteurs in your head. You would choose to not stress out over what you can’t control, push away self-doubts, recover from disappointments immediately, and spend little time in anger, regret, or blame.
PQ Program vs. traditional training
Traditional training and development tends to have short-lived impact for 3 reasons:
Focus on insight rather than muscle. For example, the insight that being frustrated isn't helpful doesn’t automatically lead to you not feeling frustrated. That would require mental muscles to shift brain activation.
Treating symptoms rather than cause. For example, teaching you techniques of active listening to improve empathy will have temporary impact if your deeply-seated Judge Saboteur is not exposed and intercepted.
No common operating system. Since each training you attend uses a different framework—the 7 steps of managing conflict, the 5 secrets of managing time, etc.--the frameworks compete for mindshare and all fade away.
Through extensive factor analysis research, PQ has identified the 10 root-level negative factors (Saboteurs) and the 5 primary powers (Sage). This enables a common operating system.
All personal and professional development become applications of the PQ operating system. Whether learning to manage conflicts, manage time, or perform better under pressure, you’d apply the same exact operating system:
Intercept Saboteurs
Issue Self-Command (through 10-second PQ Reps)
Mobilize Sage (Empathize, Explore, Innovate, Navigate, Activate)
You’d be using one simple framework for a variety of applications, boosting root-level mental fitness.
This dramatically simplifies personal and professional development.
After the PQ Program: you have the option to maintain... or carry on with pq Grow
After completion of the six-week PQ Program program, there are two choices on how to proceed: Maintain or Grow.
Option 1: MAINTAIN CURRENT STRENGTH
Maintain your current strength level through continued use of the App in its current state.
No new content.
If you choose this option, please know you will have access to all content for 1 year, including your Pod and Community, without gaining new Muscle.
Option 2: KEEP GROWING IN STRENGTH
Grow additional strength by continuing to strengthen your Sage and PQ muscles and further weakening Saboteurs through:
New Focus of Days, Coach Challenges, and Reflections
New Option to either Skip or Un-skip weekend content to be truly self-paced
New Ability to change your current Focus of the Day (from previous ones)
New Ability to customize your Grow experience by selecting Themes
New Stress Management, Conflict Management & Energy/Impact Optimization modules
And, working on second accomplice Saboteur your first week.
Initial Setup: Registration & Your Profile
How to Register
Follow the link here to Download the PQ app for direct links to the App Store or Google Play store.
Once installed, open the app, enter your email address used for the program and choose a password to sign in with.
Signing in for the first time registers you for the program.
Follow the prompts to set up your account, and be sure to turn on notifications, so we can help you build new mental habits through timely reminders.
After successfully downloading & registering the PQ app, the next step is determined by the OS of the customer's phone.
Your Profile
Click on your Profile at the bottom navigation bar or tap on the meters from the Focus screen (sun icon). This is where you can view the PQ levels, Saboteurs, Sage, Goals, Journal, Settings, and more.
Profile:
This is where you can edit your photo, name, edit My Schedule for the notifications & Daily Journals, and determine which push notifications you'd like. You can change your profile picture by clicking on the image or arrow on the right side. You're able to edit your personal information and whether or not you'd like your profile public here.
Goals:
After clicking on your Profile, there are 2 lines in the top right corner. Click the 2 line drop-down menu. From here, you can visit your Journal, Goals, Support (FAQs, Contacts), and Settings (Schedule, Notifications, Legal, App Info & Signing out)
Journal:
Tap on Daily Journal under the 2 line drop-down menu. The running list of daily reflections is found here. While not editable, they are available for review.
PQ, Saboteurs and Sage:
These tabs across the page show your levels for each & gradually open with the progression of the program.
The PQ tab shows all your metrics, which you can learn more about here.
The Saboteur tab is where you can select your Saboteurs, edit your top Saboteurs & learn more about each one
And the Sage tab showcases your level for each of the 5 Sage Powers: Empathize, Explore, Innovate, Navigate & Activate. Tap on each Sage Power to learn more! (Check out our Sage Power Game article!)
Muscle Line Graph Chart:
The graph begins updating after the first week and updates weekly afterward.
Settings:
This is where you can edit the App Schedule for notification times and determine which push Notifications you'd like. Legal outlines Terms & Conditions, along with the Privacy Policy. You can also see if your PQ app is updated by the app version, under Information & Sign Out at the bottom.
Privacy
At Positive Intelligence, we take privacy very seriously. To better serve you, we've collected a list of the most common questions below. If you have any other questions, please reach out to support@PositiveIntelligence.com. We're happy to help!
What does Positive Intelligence do with the data collected from participants that is stored in the app?
Positive Intelligence uses data collected by the PQ App to understand how people are using the application, which areas are the most useful or impacting and to better understand our participants. Email address, names and all other Personally Identifiable Data (PID) is anonymized for any and all data analysis and are kept only for the purpose of keeping in contact with our participants. Journal entries are personal and confidential to you and Positive Intelligence does not monitor or review any of this information.
Positive Intelligence does not, and will not, sell or give access to your data to any third party.
For more information please review our Privacy Policy.
Is participant data used for studies of any sort? If so, how is it protected?
As per our Privacy Policy, Positive Intelligence uses participant data for internal research purposes only. This includes understanding how our participants use the app over their time with us. Participant data is protected at all times through our internal policies and adherence to data protection legislation including GDPR. In addition, we are ISO27001 accredited which ensures that we have the policies and procedures in place to ensure your data is safe and secured.
Where is participant data stored?
Participant data is stored on our secure servers which are housed with a leading global cloud storage vendor. The data is stored inside the United States.
We will not transfer Personally identifiable Data (PID) outside of the US without specific permission in line with our internal policies and in accordance with all relevant legislation.
What is GDPR?
The General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) is a regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy in the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA).
The GDPR's primary aim is to enhance individuals' control and rights over their personal data and to simplify the regulatory environment for international business.
Positive Intelligence complies with GDPR to ensure that all participants have the right to understand how their data is processed, where it is stored and have the right to have their data removed at any time. For further information or to request data removal, please contact infosec@positiveintelligence.com
What is ISO 270001?
ISO 27001 is an international standard on how to manage information security. It details requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining and continually improving an information security management system (ISMS) – the aim of which is to help organizations make the information assets they hold more secure. Organizations that meet the standard's requirements can choose to be certified by an accredited certification body following successful completion of an audit.
Positive Intelligence has been ISO 27001 accredited since May 2021. To request more information on our certification or to request validation of the certification, please contact infosec@positiveintelligence.com
How do I request my information to be removed?
We comply with all GDPR requirements to remove your data from our systems at your request. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please submit a request here. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe and consistent with applicable law.
Does PQ track my location?
No, PQ does not track your location at any time and hold no data other than your IP address, which is used to validate your login. An IP address can tell us an estimate of your location (e.g. state or country) but we use it simply to protect you from data attacks and do not track it in any way.
How do you keep my information safe?
PQ has invested heavily in both our data security infrastructure and our internal policies and procedures. We are ISO 27001 certified which means we have been externally audited to confirm our security policies meet international standards. In addition, we run regular data security penetration tests on our software to ensure our software meets or exceeds OWASP standards.
What personal data do you have about me?
Apart from the data you put into the PQ app about yourself, we only hold data on how you use the app. For example your muscle scores and what content you have watched. If you find any data that is inaccurate, please contact our Customer Services team, who will ensure that it gets corrected if you are unable to correct it yourself from within the PQ app.
Can I withhold consent from data collection?
Yes, if you don't want us to hold any of your data, you can request that, but it would mean a significant drop in the usefulness of the PQ app as we would not be able to hold your PQ muscle score, data on your Saboteurs or your journal data. To request your data to be removed, please submit a request here.
Can I access the information you currently have on me?
Yes, in line with GDPR, if you would like to know what data we have on you, please submit a request here. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe and consistent with applicable law.
How are my registration and financial information kept safe?
Your financial and registration information details are kept safe and confidential on our sales platform which is an enterprise-class solution that has been developed and designed to hold this sort of information safe and secure. Your data is kept safe not only by the technologies but also through our policies and procedures which are certified by ISO 27001.
Is it safe to put my client's email address in the community Support channel?
Our community groups and channels are not for full public access, and you have to be a member of the PQ program to be able to access or see ANY of the communities. They are not searchable through search engines or to persons outside of the PQ team.
However, you should only share email addresses in the community with the specific permission of the person/client. If you are raising an issue about your client and want to pass on their details, please use the support email address (support@positiveintelligence.com) to raise the issue.
It is worth noting that our community groups and channels are not for full public access, and you have to be a member of the PQ program to be able to access or see ANY of the communities. They are not searchable through search engines or to people outside of the PQ family.
Are the application forms safe?
All our application forms are totally safe to use and run on secure servers and web pages, and the data collected is stored on enterprise-class servers which are controlled by our ISO 27001 processes and procedures.
Terms and Conditions
From time to time, to reflect the changing platform, we need to update our Terms and Conditions.
This helps us improve our service to you, especially around data privacy and protection.
The most recent update to terms was on April 1st, 2021.
We encourage you to read these terms so you can be confident that we are upholding our promise never to sell or misuse your private data. To make sure every participant is fully informed, whenever there are material changes to the terms, we will ask you to accept the revised Terms and Conditions before using the app each time we update them.