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Remember that the more you break down the achievements and/or goals
into their component skills and stages the clearer an idea you will have of
exactly where you are shooting wide. Don’t just tick the box and say ‘yup,
I did fine’ but try to think about where you did well in achieving
something, where you could have done better, and who else had valuable
input from which you could learn something useful.

Any good review is not simply about appraising degrees of success but
about actually learning from them and plotting a path to improvement. The
result of your assessment should therefore be a plan for moving on from
past problems. The first step of that, as with so many ten-step plans, is
admitting that you do indeed have failings. A self-assessment is strictly
hush-hush, so this is one of the few opportunities to really be honest with
yourself. And if you genuinely don’t think you have any failings then you
can put ‘lack of self-awareness’ right slap at the top of your list.

HERE’S AN IDEA FOR YOU…
Review your job description. Most self-employed people don’t really
have one, so if you’re self-employed think about what your title would
be if you were part of a larger company. Is that where you want to
be? This is a great way of focusing on what you really do.