On Mon, 22 Mar 1999 Kim Boal wrote
>
>Russ Russo expresses surprise that Jack Ring reports that self assessors
>rate themselves higher than do outside assessors. Perhaps, Russ does not
>hang around academics enough to know the adage, "S/he is a lengend in
>her/his own mind." Or perhaps, Russ never heard that purportedly, a study
>of undergraduate students found that 90% rated themselves as better than
>their average peer.
[jring comment]
I suggest that you can both be right. I have observed that when people in
a well-goaled business with highly visible customers rate themselves they
tend to be overly critical of themselves. On the other hand people in a
fuzzy business (a research lab, for example) who have no strong external
measures tend to rate themselves more wonderful than others perceive.
The ultimate self-deluders are those who have lost touch with external
meaning and reinterpret events in every successive staff meeting.
Jack Ring, 32712 N. 70th St., Snottsdale, AZ 85262-7143
602-488-4615, Cell) 602.369.4615, Fax)602-488-4616
Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt.
Dance like nobody's watching.