My thoughts on my Johari window

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Date: 07 March 2006 20:24:52

Johari window to contribute (if you haven't done) or see results..

Well, evidently the only trait that others don't recognise that I think is that I'm proud, and thats probably cos I hide it so well!!

Lots agree with the other 5 I chose though - energetic, extroverted, independent, silly, spontaneous - which is good! And in fact, some people said they wanted to put silly, but didn't know if it was a negative thing or not!!

I guess the most interesting ones are those in the blind spot. I think its interesting to see that some of the traits such as 'adaptable', it's the people who know me best have chosen. I tend to just think I have to get on with things, I guess that could be adaptable!

You see, I'm still slightly confused by bold, but Smudgies explanation that people thought it mean 'bald' could be it. Mind you, Smudgie has yet to meet me IRL, so it does make me wonder what metal image she has of me!!

Brave, I would tend to substitute for 'stupid'!! I'm not brave, I just don't recognise danger!

Cheerful. Nope. Just nuts!! Although this is another one that I sometimes wonder about. How much of it is me being happy, content, whatever, and how much of it is an act?

Complex and searching and things like that, I guess I do agree with. I never quite know what's going on in my mind and am always trying to work things out, so how on earth other people can know, I haven't a clue!!

The fact that lots think I'm friendly and warm is quite nice too. Cos I've been told that I sometimes come across as very unfriendly, which isn't really the case, it's just that I can be very shy, or sometimes that I feel threatened by a situation.

That only one person thought me shy shows how confident I either feel or seem in most situations. The one person who put 'shy' is someone in a particular context where I never really felt I fitted in, or was good enough, and consequently I often found it difficult to hide my shyness.

And I didn't know I was witty. I thought I just tried too hard to be!!

It's been really interesting doing this (I know, I've said that lots of times now!!), because there are some traits that I didn't even consider myself having. And it's also been interesting to see how people who know me from different places or IRL and online see me.

The only one bit that I'm rather miffed with is the person who called themself 'humphrey', and put things which I'm totally not just to skew things. (Oh, and I want to know who the second 'me' is!!!!)