ASK YOUR COLLEAGUES
Your cognitive biases and blind
spots mean that other people
see your true personality more
accurately than you do, especially
when it comes to traits you value
(see main story). One way to tap
into that is simply to ask them – if
you think you can handle honest
feedback. You can find so-called
self-peer personality tests online.
But you should beware that
everyone has their own biases
and those closest to you are
probably the most biased about
you. This is why close family
might not be the best judges, says
Simine Vazire at the University of
Melbourne, Australia. “The ideal
person is someone who knows
you well but whose identity
is not fused with yours – a
long-term colleague who
you’ve also spent time with
outside of work, for example.”
EXAMINE YOUR BIASES
If one measure of our
true personality is how we
unconsciously think about and
behave towards others, rather
than how we consciously believe
we do, then one way to get to
know the real you is to take an
implicit association test – a
quick-fire method of exposing
your hidden biases. “This is
something you can’t know
through introspection,” says
Mitchell Green, a philosopher
at the University of Connecticut.
There is some debate about
the reliability of such tests, but
given the multiple problems
associated with trying to figure
all this out by yourself, they are
probably more reliable than your
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