Our life is made up of many incidents. With a little imagination, organization, and effort, you can write down stories about yourself in order to illustrate how the attributes (in Chapter 6) are personified in you. Although the word “story?is used here, it is by no means suggesting that you should create fictitious accounts. You will be surprised that whatever you say will be remembered and this will follow you throughout your career with the organization. If the stories you told were lies, your natural reflection will expose them when your “stories? are brought up on the least expected occasions.

　　How to go about preparing your stories?

　　Examine your strengths and weaknesses.

　　Compare your strengths against the “main appraisal qualities?that companies are looking for.

　　Recall some of your success stories to support your strengths. Individualize these and make them interesting.

　　Recall some of your failures to demonstrate your tenacity and learning ability.

　　Write all these down, edit the script, and remember it.

　　Apply one or more stories to a given question, depending on what it intends to appraise.