FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

1.	Why is SIMA International, Inc. (SII) distinctive as a firm?

2.	Why SIMA International, Inc.?

3.	How are SII consultants selected?

4.	How are results defined by SII?

5.	What is SIMA®?

6.	What does SIMA® offer individuals?

7.	What does SIMA® offer to a team or organization?

8.	How is SIMA® unique?

9.	Why am I the way I am?

10.	Is there a gender bias in SIMA®?

11.	Is there a cultural slant?

12.	How does SIMA® differ from other techniques, like MBTI?

13.	I have always heard that I can be anything I choose to be. Does SIMA® verify that ?

14.	How does SIMA® fit with the idea of cultural archetypes?

15.	Does it conflict with the rest of “The Stuff”?

16.	What constitutes "good data" for my Autobiographical Form?

17.	None of my stories had a common thread. Should I pick stories that have something in common?

18.	If I had picked three other stories, would my MAP® have been different?

19.	How accurate/important is childhood data?

20.	What if I can't remember any from childhood?

21.	What if I had a difficult or painful childhood?

22.	What are some procedural "tricks of the trade"?

23.	What if one of the categories of the MAP® (especially relationship to authority) doesn't come up in the stories?

24.	Is the Pattern consistent over time?

25.	Is the Pattern stable? Can I change it? Does it change over time?

26.	I'm not the same as I was when I was younger. Shouldn't all my stories be from my adult years?

27.	Won't my MAP® change over time as I gain education and experience?

28.	Doesn't this really lead to labeling and pigeon-holing? Won't it restrict my freedom?

29.	I wouldn't want to share my MAP® with my boss because it pigeon-holes me. Won't I get the same old thing to do over and over?

30.	What are some implications of my data?

31.	What do I do differently now that I have my MAP®?

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