Importance of Self-Assessment

Understood as one of the most appropriate attitudes to succeed in any of the actions or activities that one perform, self-assessment is the process by which a person can be tested, from a critical perspective, by herself.

To carry out a self-assessment it is necessary to know yourself

As its name suggests, self-assessment is the process through which a person evaluates himself, his attitudes, his ways of proceeding, his response to a certain stimulus, his ability to solve something, etc

Self-assessment allows each one of us to know more and better, but it is clear that for can To carry it out we have to know each other at least at a good level to know what things do not satisfy us or what needs to be improved. To be prepared and predisposed to carry out the self-assessment, the person must know himself and be open to receiving both criticism and praise.

Self-assessment as a central part of workplaces

The process of evaluating oneself is a more common reality in the workplace. In the case of offices and administrative jobs, as well as in the business world, self-assessment is important and necessary as part of the requirements of the position being held.

In these cases, the self-assessment may have to do with specific employment issues (such as whether the correctly the responsibilities or the tasks to be carried out) or also with the social capacities or what today is calls intelligence interpersonal, a very relevant challenge in diversity of positions where the teamwork, the ability to lead, the ability to deal with clients or the public, etc. On the other hand, in some countries self-assessment is also required for public and state workers such as administrative employees, teachers, etc.

Self-assessment in psychoanalysis

As individuals, each of us is unique and possesses particular qualities that set us apart from others.

When we undergo a certain process of psychological analysis, many times we find ourselves evaluating ourselves, that is, analyzing and talking with a specialist about our behavior, our ways, our attitudes and the way we see what surrounds us. This is a very interesting and necessary process of self-evaluation since it is thanks to it that we can get to know ourselves better and know what our weaknesses are and what our strengths are in order to act in consequence.

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