Hi Timothy, The best personal attribute a teacher can have is being honest with their perceived strengths and areas that may need improvement. Getting objective feedback through assessment instruments such as BM or similar personality indicators is one way. Peer evaluation is another. I think a trusted colleague a teacher asks to sit in their class and really critique will likely give realistic feedback. It is here that our perception and that of another experienced teacher requires an ability to accept information and try to make improvements on it. Of course, student evaluations can also provide insight, especially when some trait or technique appears repeatedly by multiple persons over several classes. We have to be responsive to all inputs that reflect something about us we are not able to see ourselves. As Stephen Covey says in his 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, "Seek first to understand, then be understood". Barry Westling