Self Review

I can’t believe it’s already that time of year again where I have to evaluate my performance at work. Do you have to do that at your work? Maybe you have to do an evaluation for a class? A project? Maybe you don’t have to worry about these evaluations anymore (lucky you).

I gripe and groan about evaluations because I’m terrible at them. I think they’re worse than interviews. I’ve gained experience doing plenty of interviews, they’re not so frightening anymore. And, if you screw up in an interview, you never have to see the other person again. In a performance review, you see the people reviewing you every day.

So, in the spirit of these reviews. How about we take the time to review ourselves? Take a reflection on everything you did this year. Whether at home, work, or other. How would you score yourself in the categories I listed below? All on a scale of 1 to 5. 1 being the worst and 5 being the best.

1. Communication
   Have you been doing a good job reaching out to friends and family? Communicating your wants and needs, and listening to others as well?
2. Work Ethic and Dependability
   Are you doing your best everyday?
   When you said you’ll do something, do you get it done?
   When someone needs help, do you step up?
3. Empathy and Professionalism
   Do you take time to consider others?
   See things from different perspectives?
   Do you pay attention to how you act and react to situations?
4. Judgement, Honesty, and Integrity
   Are you quick to judge someone for a mistake?
   How do you handle judgement?
   How do you judge difficult situations?
   Have you been owning up to your mistakes?
   Are you honest about your feelings?
   When you catch a bad situation, how do you react?
   How often do you do what’s right?
   Are you being honest about this self-evaluation?
5. Self Evaluation
   What’s important to you when it comes to feedback?
   What have you accomplished this year?
   What have you learned?
   How are you getting along with the people in your life?
   Where would you like to improve?
   What would you change if you could?

It’s so easy to want to say everything is fine. You’re doing great. You deserve all the best scores, but here’s your chance–with no one else around–to take a good look at yourself and determine how you can do better.