# My 8 Best Techniques for Evaluating Character

<https://tedgioia.substack.com/p/my-8-best-techniques-for-evaluating>

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## What Jamie wrote

Gioia shares insight on things he looks at to understand a persons character. A number of interesting prompts here.

> 1. Forget what they say — instead look at who they marry.  
> 2. See how they treat service workers.  
> 3. Discover what experiences formed their character in early life.  
> 4. How do they invest their two most valuable resources?  
> 5. Identify what irritates people the most in others—because this is probably the trait they dislike most in themselves.  
> 6. Can they listen?  
> 7. If they cheat at small things, they will cheat at big things.  
> 8. Watch how they handle unexpected problems.  

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