For chapter two i decided to talk about the Johari window. This subject was very appealing to me for some reason. The window was created be Joseph Luft and Harry Ingham as a model of different sorts of knowledge that affect self-development. Johari is a combination of both of their first names. A four paned "window," divides personal awareness into four different types, as represented by its four quadrants: open, hidden, blind, and unknown. The open quadrant represents things that both I know about myself, and that you know about me. Examples of this are your name, height, and major. The blind quadrant represents things that you know about me, but that I am unaware of. For example others may see that we are insecure even though we think we’ve hidden it well. The hidden quadrant represents things that I know about myself, which you do not know. An example of this is not telling people about your vulnerabilities because it’s considered private. The unknown quadrant represents things that neither I know about myself, nor you know about me. Examples include untried talents and unused resources. Those are all of the four windows and their descriptions. The end.
I like this model too – of how we and others contribute to self-development. I am thinking a lot about the blind quadrant, and am wondering what it is that people see in me that I don’t see in myself. Up until now (and literally reading about this model), I felt I did an excellent job of letting people know only the things I want them to know about me, completely controlling how people view me. I consider myself extremely self aware and am great at being able to extract the opinions of others (opinions about me,) that I am looking for. That said, it hadn’t occurred to me that it’s very possible that others see things in me that I just completely miss. I know that with co-workers I am able to constructively point out behaviors in which their leadership and interactions with others could improve but it really didn’t occur to me that it’s very likely that others see stuff in me that I could and should improve upon too. My point is that for as together and controlled as I think I am, I am probably not.
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