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Score       Characteristics                           Tips


                121 - 150   Getting better is more important to       Satisfaction of a job well done and
                            you than winning.  You  can accept        lessons learned may be sufficient
                            coming  second  if  it  means  you’re     reward for you, but if you do not
                            better placed in the future. Others       promote  your  achievements  you
                            likely see  you  as someone  who is       may see others who are less able,
                            keen to learn and improve, though         but  more  competitive,  progress
                            some  may  view  you  as  more  of  a     their careers faster.
                            “thinker” than a “doer”.


                151 - 180   You’re focused on being the best          Be aware that learning alone is not
                            that you can be. This can extend to       enough.  Thought  without  action  is
                            those around you too –  you want          merely dreaming. Set aside specific
                            your  colleagues  and  your  buyers       time for thinking, but then be sure
                            to also maximize their potential. At      that  ideas  are  put  into  action  that
                            the extreme you may appear self-          moves the business forward – and
                            absorbed; too focused on your own         that forward progress is recorded
                            development  at  the  cost  of  other     and celebrated.
                            things.




                Self score:               Desired score:                 By when:



               Ideas for action































                         A person scoring low in My Best / Better than you may be susceptible to bias
                         blind-spot and blame factors other than their own actions when things do
                         not go the way they want them too.  This impairs the capacity to learn from
                         mistakes.

                         For more on cognitive biases and how to mitigate their impact, see section 6.




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