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Who Am I?

List the competencies and personality traits that you believe describe you. To get to this, try completing some of these sentences:

· “I am skilled at…”

· “I have the ability to…”

· “I know much about…”

· “I am competent at doing …”

· “One part of my personality is that I am ___”.

Do this several times and list as many characteristics and categories that you can think of.

Then, develop a second list, only this time complete the following statements:

· “Other people believe I have the ability to…”

· “Other people believe that I know much about…”

· “Other people believe that I am…”

· “Other people also believe I am…”

Then, consider what you cannot do and what you do not think is reflective of your personality.

Now…some things for you to ponder in light of your responses above:

· Compare your lists of self-perceptions and others’ perceptions.

· Where are they different?

· Why are they different?

· Are the lists short or long?

· Why?

· Reflect on how your own interpretations of your experiences and what others have told you about you have influenced your self-concept.

· How might you group or organize these findings in any meaningful way?

· What roles do you play and how do they change from day to day or from relationship to relationship?

· Where did you learn HOW to play these roles the way you do?

[Joseph DeVito, 2009]