To echo your comment about the DNA testing kit, be careful about uploading a structured analysis of your personal weaknesses to a medium that forgets nothing... People might use this against you (by exploiting your weaknesses) in the future.
Good point, and thanks for the warning, I really appreciated it, and I'll keep it in mind.
Those that would use this against me though will find that over time I've changed, bit by bit, and I'm confident enough about these things now that I dare to commit them to writing as a permanent reminder to myself and to others that personal improvement never ends.
And for every person that intends to abuse this there will hopefully be more than one that will either benefit from it indirectly because they can avoid some pitfall elsewhere or because they will know better what my weaknesses are when dealing with me in a positive way.
Agreed. I made the same decision/trade-off analysis when I posted my articles about "Hyperbrains" on http://inter-sections.net .. and was sternly warned about it by my father!... and had to admit he had a point too.
I can see where you are coming from. Recently we let go of someone and the person complained about my weaknesses. I said "that's why I hired you, remember?". I tend to be ruthlessly blunt about my weaknesses.
To echo your comment about the DNA testing kit, be careful about uploading a structured analysis of your personal weaknesses to a medium that forgets nothing... People might use this against you (by exploiting your weaknesses) in the future.