As a part of my recovery process I'm in a continual state of self assessment and I absolutely agree that it is *the* key to growth and peace. I could tell you where I feel I am on this scale, but in my experience with self assessment (especially because I've been honored with hearing a lot of other people's inventories or self assessments) has taught me that it is the neutral sharing of our inner assessments that makes us understand and accept our humanity. The way to peace for me is to accept that fact and to let go of internal and external forms of judgment. This scale doesn’t seem like it lends itself to self-reporting.
Here is my assessment of myself: Explanation- In-depth: an atypical and revealing account, going beyond what is obvious or what was explicitly taught; makes subtle connections; well supported by argument and evidence; novel thinking displayed.
Interpretation Revealing: a nuanced interpretation and analysis of the importance/meaning/significance; tells an insightful story; provides a telling history or context; sees subtle differences, levels, and ironies in diverse interpretations.
Application- Skilled: competent in using knowledge and skill and adapting understanding in a variety of appropriate and demanding contexts.
Perspective- Insightful: a penetrating and novel viewpoint; effectively critiques and encompasses other plausible perspectives; takes a long and dispassionate, critical view of the issues involved.
Empathy- Mature: disposed and able to see and feel what others see and feel; unusually open to and willing to seek out the odd, alien, or different,
Self-Knowledge- Circumspect: aware of one’s ignorance and that of others; aware of one’s prejudices; knows the strengths and limits of one’s understanding.
Of course, having said that, my argument is that I could be completely off, I rate myself as extremely well evolved in the areas of Empathy and Perspective and go one level below for all other characteristics including, ironically enough, Self-Knowledge. How did I determine that my Empathy and Perspective is high if I self-report lower Self-Knowledge? Perhaps the high Perspective and Empathy give me the sense that I will never achieve Self-Knowledge, perhaps knowing that makes my Self-Knowledge off the chart. I sure don’t know; I do know that absolutes feel dangerous to my search for knowledge.
Here is my assessment of myself:
Explanation- In-depth: an atypical and revealing account, going beyond what is obvious or what was explicitly taught; makes subtle connections; well supported by argument and evidence; novel thinking displayed.
Interpretation Revealing: a nuanced interpretation and analysis of the importance/meaning/significance; tells an insightful story; provides a telling history or context; sees subtle differences, levels, and ironies in diverse interpretations.
Application- Skilled: competent in using knowledge and skill and adapting understanding in a variety of appropriate and demanding contexts.
Perspective- Insightful: a penetrating and novel viewpoint; effectively critiques and encompasses other plausible perspectives; takes a long and dispassionate, critical view of the issues involved.
Empathy- Mature: disposed and able to see and feel what others see and feel; unusually open to and willing to seek out the odd, alien, or different,
Self-Knowledge- Circumspect: aware of one’s ignorance and that of others; aware of one’s prejudices; knows the strengths and limits of one’s understanding.
Of course, having said that, my argument is that I could be completely off, I rate myself as extremely well evolved in the areas of Empathy and Perspective and go one level below for all other characteristics including, ironically enough, Self-Knowledge. How did I determine that my Empathy and Perspective is high if I self-report lower Self-Knowledge? Perhaps the high Perspective and Empathy give me the sense that I will never achieve Self-Knowledge, perhaps knowing that makes my Self-Knowledge off the chart. I sure don’t know; I do know that absolutes feel dangerous to my search for knowledge.
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