There is a great example that can relate to thisI heard somehow, where an employee and a boss were playing golf together. When the employee thought nobody was looking, he moved the ball just a little bit, but the boss was watching and saw it…and the very next day…the boss fired the employee…because if the employee is willing to cheat on the golf field and knowing not going to be caught, imagine what that person would do in the company.

Testing people to see how they handle it is a great way to determine the type of people they are.

And your closest friends who will be their during the hard time not the best time when you have value to give.

When you travel, interesting test situations appear almost naturally, especially if you don’t over-plan your holiday and don’t make it too short.

Last year, a foreign girl I had fallen in love with and I traveled across the European continent for almost an entire month. In fact, since we live(d) in different countries, fast-forwarding became less of a choice and more of a necessity.

While we did not purposely test each along the way, we found ourselves in quite a few personality-revealing situations, and they provided both of us with some really, really valuable information. For example,

We reserved our international train tickets only at the very last minute, at the station.

We took an international night train and shared our (sleeping) compartment with four other travelers.

We started many days without knowing where we would sleep at night.

We spent one night sleeping (kind of) in front of a train station in Southern France.

During several long train trips, there was plenty of time to discuss the world.

This way, I learned that the girl I traveled with is incredibly interesting, energetic, optimistic, caring, credible, unpretentious, and simply wonderful company. She’ll move in with me later this year.