Being Boss

Almost this entire week I have been playing boss.  I never really feel like I'm a boss except for maybe one or two times in the last year when I had to get onto one of my employees.  Usually I just feel like me, one of the team, my job is just a little different than those that work for me. So this week I have been working on employee evaluations.  It's been pretty weird.  One of the people I was evaluating actually trained me prior to grad school.  What's most interesting about the evaluations though, is that so far, my employees know when they are doing something wrong and when they are doing something right.  From time to time you come across someone who genuinely thinks so highly of them self, that they think they excel in all aspects.  Typically though, what you view as your employee's strengths, they view as their strengths.  Conversely, what they view as their weaknesses you also view as their weaknesses.  Furthermore, it seems that they typically value their selves less than what the employer or the company values them at.  This is a point that is made evident when I issue self evaluations and compare it with my employer evaluations.  

What's the take home?  The take home is people know when they are doing something wrong but they also know what they are doing right.  Additionally we as humans, save in the instance of narcissism, value ourselves lower than others.  Don't sell yourself short and undervalue contributions to life.  Know your worth. You are invaluable.