this article is worth reading.To put it in a nutshell Our strength are weakeness sometimes And At times, our weakeness becomes our strength
One should not be over optimistic or be too pessimistic. A balanced approach is the key to analyse and handle any situation. Too much of unhealthy competition and biased performance feedback of an individual drive oneself too think differently and rate herself or oneself differently. For example, Lets take 'A'. he/she may be very quite by nature, cautious at his/her work and approach. During the time of his/her performance review, if he or she is poorly rated because of his/her interpersonal behaviour , then this tends to affect our natural way of oneself.