This was the first time I have taken an assessment of skills
like this one. It was rewarding and
thought provoking when considering the questions and situations given. I struggled with a few of the assessment questions
because I sometimes have trouble eliminating the effect a situation can have on
my judgment, so it was difficult at times to give a single answer for all
scenarios.
The results
were interesting and helpful. For the
first section, I was somewhat surprised to see my scores in the top quartile,
as self-awareness is something I’m always working on. I’ve noticed a huge shift in my
self-awareness in the past couple of years as I go through more experiences in
my life, but naturally I’m still questioning some of my instincts, so this assessment
was a helpful reminder that self-awareness is an on-going effort in improving
yourself. I have felt that I have grown
a lot in self-awareness, but I was surprised to see just how much. The emotional intelligence was also another
area of surprise for me, scoring in the top quartile for this assessment as
well. I scored really low in my first
leadership class when we took an emotional intelligence test, so it was
exciting to see an improvement from that point to now. I also found this assessment easier to follow
than the assessment I had previously taken, which made it easier to understand
and think about the questions more clearly.
For the
defining issues test, I found this one a challenge for me. I think most people probably struggle
answering questions like the ones provided, but what I enjoyed most about this
assessment was not the idea that your final answer was the most important, but
understanding why you got to that
conclusion. Having to pick the top 4
statements I thought were most important really helped me analyze and understand
why I was making the decisions that I chose.
The first story given, I read it and just couldn’t decide what the moral
thing to do was. I knew what my
emotional side felt, but my rational side felt somewhat differently. Being able to recognize these feelings and
analyze that helped me understand more of why I picked what I picked, which can
help down the road.
For the
cognitive style indicator, I also felt that I scored fairly well for what I was
anticipating. I have never really
considered the method I use to go about analyzing problems and ideas, so this
was beneficial because I could think more specifically about the methods that I
do use. I have always felt that I
approach decision-making in an open-minded manner. I’m not someone who generally has 1 answer
for everything, so it’s beneficial to have a marker for the effectiveness of
this method I use.
For the lotus of control section, I scored a 4, which places
me in the second quartile. I’m not sure
what the results indicate at this point, but I found the assessment interesting
because the questions were a wide range of ideas, so I felt that it touched on
a variety of areas in the way I respond to situations. The Tolerance of Ambiguity scale took me a
while to figure out how to score it, but determined I scored a 58, which places
me in the third quartile. I think this
is generally correct if I understand the scoring right. I think I actually enjoy ambiguity at
times. I’ve never been much of a planner
or need to control situations out of fear of uncertainty. I also feel that this is an area that I have
improved in overtime as I get more experience in situations. I have learned to just roll with things as
they come and recognize that some things are out of our control and that there
is no sense in worrying over them. I
also sometimes feel that a life with uncertainty can sometimes become
monotonous. I enjoy a little adventure
at times, but I feel I balance control with adventure fairly well. This is still an area that I feel constantly
improves and changes as we change.
Finally,
for the last assessment, the core self-evaluation scale, I scored a 4.25, which
placed me in the third quartile also. At
this point, I am not 100% sure what the scale represents, but based on the
questions asked, I feel that I scored in the range I would have guessed I would
be in. Everyone possesses doubts about
themselves, but I think what is important is to know how to grow from the
doubts and learn from negative thinking.
It’s important to recognize that we don’t know everything, which is why
we are always striving to learn. I used
to be very hard on myself because I wasn’t grasping something or learning
something overnight. As I get older, I
recognize that we really don’t know everything and we are not expected to have
all the answers all of the time. I
recently graduated from college in 2013 and I am only 24 years old. I still have a lot of my life to live, but my
first few years in college really helped me grow and understand these
concepts. Going to an art and design
school, I was incredibly self-conscious and nervous about my abilities. I was and still am a fairly bad drawer. I didn’t go to school to draw, but I just
assumed that that was a skill that represented your worth as an art student. When I realized that that isn’t true and
that I have many other skills and abilities that make me valuable, I was able
to gain more self-confidence in myself and in my work. These are ideas I try to remember whenever I
doubt my abilities.
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