Johari Window

Years ago, I came across a nifty web­site.   Users can cre­ate their own Johari win­dow, which is a psy­cho­log­i­cal tool that helps map a person’s per­son­al­ity. I saved the link to mine as a bookmark.

Orig­i­nally, this was some­thing I did just for fun, like any of the myr­iad Meyers-Briggs Star Trek tests.  (I’m usu­ally an INTP, which is Worf.)  As time has passed, I’ve found it to be more pow­er­ful than most Inter­net memes.  Even though only 6 peo­ple par­tic­i­pated at that time, and it hasn’t been updated since 2006 or so, it’s been a very help­ful to keep around.  I’ve been told repeat­edly that my self image is skewed.  I’ve looked at the words I chose for myself, and I still think they all apply.  But this is how oth­ers see me.

Lately my self esteem has taken a beat­ing.  No mat­ter how self-aware I try to be, I don’t ever see the whole pic­ture. The visual aid really helps to bring per­spec­tive, and that Blind Spot is espe­cially infor­ma­tive. Feel­ing weak and help­less is quite com­mon for me, but other peo­ple think oth­er­wise.  Just know­ing that helps me tap into that strength.

Inter­est­ingly, there’s also at least one trait in that blind spot that I don’t believe is accu­rate at all. That reminds me that some peo­ple will see what they want to, whether or not it’s there.  So I try to respect other people’s opin­ions, and can use their views of me to help me have a fresh per­spec­tive.  I just have to remem­ber not to be tempted to define myself by other people’s views.

Dom­i­nant Traits

66% of peo­ple agree that LadyG­lut­ter is intel­li­gent

All Per­cent­ages

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Feel free to con­tribute to my win­dow, or send me a link to yours. If you’re thick-skinned and truly look­ing for self dis­cov­ery, you could always try out the Nohari win­dow. That’s the darker, more crit­i­cal ver­sion. Fun stuff!