Feedback Case

Please collect feedback from your colleagues, peers, family, friends regarding three strengths you possess. Minimum number of feedback should be 10. Make sure you also collect few feedbacks from some individuals with whom you have had altercations. Even from them you need to get positive feedback regarding 3 of your strengths. You can simply send an email to the concerned people saying "I am in the process of knowing myself. Request you to reflect on our interactions and state what according to you are my three positive attributes or strengths. Also please give some evidence as to why you feel they are my strengths. Your responses will really help me understand myself better"

Based on all the responses, find some common, repetitive themes. Creating a table, as illustrated below, helps you make sense of the feedback you collect. By clustering examples, you can more easily compare responses and identify common themes.

3. The next step is to write a description of yourself that summarizes and edits the accumulated information. The description should weave themes from the feedback together with your self-observations into a composite of who you are at your best. It should be an insightful image that you can use as a reminder of your previous contributions and as a guide for future action. The portrait itself should not be a set of bullet points but rather a prose composition beginning with the phrase, "When I am at my best, I...". The process of writing out a two- to four-paragraph narrative helps you draw the image of your best self in your consciousness. The narrative form also helps you draw connections between the themes in your life that may previously have seemed disjointed or unrelated. Composing the portrait takes time and demands careful consideration, but at the end of this process, you should come away with a rejuvenated image of who you are.