Self Evaluation of skills and qualities                  

The lecturer handed out a self evaluation exercise to the students so that students can see if they have the necessary skill sand qualities to cope with life and challenges. The qualities were divided to three sections as people, activities and personal qualities. 

The authors strengths listed under 'People'

• Ability to get on with people from different backgrounds
• Ability to see and understand other people's points of view
• Teamwork
• Managing other people
• Helping others to arrive at decisions
• Caring for others
• Ability to read other people's body language
• Dealing with others by phone
• Speaking clearly and to the point
• Being able to take direction from others

The authors weakness listed under 'People' 

• Dealing with the general public
• Negotiating
• Courage to speak out against injustice

The authors strengths listed under 'Activities' 

• Creativity, design and layout
• Classifying and organizing information (e.g. filing)
• Making decisions
• Managing change and transition
• Setting priorities
• Working out agendas
• Organizing work to meet deadlines
• Staying calm in a crisis
• Reading complex texts
• Word processing
• Computer literacy
• Working with numbers
• Selling 
• Problem solving
• Practical things
• Seeing how things work
• Writing reports or official letters

The authors weakness listed under 'People'  

• Ability to see the 'whole picture'
• Being good at argument and debate

The authors strengths listed under 'Personal qualities' 

• Ability to recognize my own needs and ask for help
• Ability to learn from mistakes
• Assertiveness
• Determination an perseverance
• Ability to set my own goals
• Maintaining a high level of motivation
• Ability to take responsibility for my own actions

The authors weakness listed under 'Personal qualities'  

• Stress management
• Willingness to take risks and experiment
• Trust in my own abilities

Today's session was very important because it helped everyone to evaluate themselves and improve the areas where they are weak. I found out certain weakness which I am hoping to improve by practice. In fact there is a lot for me to practice and gain my confidence in.