I did something very similar around this time last year. It became a Google Doc that grew to 13 pages over the months. I started with identifying my supergoal “Enjoy the world for as long as possible” and working downward from there. I haven’t added much to it in the last half of the year but it’s about time to start updating and reviewing it again.
Inside your google doc is a link to another google doc with “Strengths Finder” as the label which is restricted access. Is that from a publicly accessible aptitude test?
StrengthsFinder is a commercial “strength assessment” test we did at my workplace. I was skeptical at first, anticipating horoscope-like results, and indeed it wasn’t too insightful for myself, as each of the five areas it identified I was strong in were pretty obvious to myself and anyone else who knew me. What was more helpful was some associated communal discussion about them and learning what my co-workers thought about me.
It could more more useful to others in seeking their comparative advantage in areas they may not have considered. But I have a feeling most LWers would probably get at least 3 of the 5 strengths it identified for me. I have made that doc public for anyone curious—it’s straight copy and paste from the assessment test text. The action items are pared down and personally focused from the full list though.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ao3WdbvXTdcxCNJSkG_lU0ArVfx-PmAkzDh6b2EAzkI/edit
I did something very similar around this time last year. It became a Google Doc that grew to 13 pages over the months. I started with identifying my supergoal “Enjoy the world for as long as possible” and working downward from there. I haven’t added much to it in the last half of the year but it’s about time to start updating and reviewing it again.
I am going to open-source my goal system for other-optimization. If you’d like to take a look at it out of curiosity, or to help me refine it (comments should be enabled), copypasta this link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lD2CtM1oBCqvlxoYosAPct3c2kypZHwBDZ5i-zxgtfM/edit
Keep in mind I haven’t touched it in a while and some of it may be obsolete. I’ll be going through it soon, thanks to this thread.
Inside your google doc is a link to another google doc with “Strengths Finder” as the label which is restricted access. Is that from a publicly accessible aptitude test?
StrengthsFinder is a commercial “strength assessment” test we did at my workplace. I was skeptical at first, anticipating horoscope-like results, and indeed it wasn’t too insightful for myself, as each of the five areas it identified I was strong in were pretty obvious to myself and anyone else who knew me. What was more helpful was some associated communal discussion about them and learning what my co-workers thought about me.
It could more more useful to others in seeking their comparative advantage in areas they may not have considered. But I have a feeling most LWers would probably get at least 3 of the 5 strengths it identified for me. I have made that doc public for anyone curious—it’s straight copy and paste from the assessment test text. The action items are pared down and personally focused from the full list though. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ao3WdbvXTdcxCNJSkG_lU0ArVfx-PmAkzDh6b2EAzkI/edit