The second thing to know about how one performs is to know how one learns . Schools everywhere are organized on the assumption that there is only one right way to learn and that it is the same way for everybody. But to be forced to learn the way a school teaches is sheer hell for students who learn differently. Indeed, there are probably half a dozen different ways to learn . Of all the important pieces of self-knowledge, understanding how you learn is the easiest to acquire.
Some people work best as team members.
Others work best alone. A great many people perform, best as advisers but cannot take the burden and pressure of making the decision. A good many other people, by contrast, need an adviser to force themselves to think, then they can make decisions and act on them with speed, self-confidence, and courage. Few people work well in all kinds of environments. But work hard to improve the way you perform.