home truths

[bluedevi]

Oh, and! I really like this meme thingy, the Johari Window (stolen from verlaine). It's about how well your idea of yourself matches up with others' views of you. The original article about it is hereI've picked the six words from this list that I think most accurately describe me. Now I'd like you to pick six to describe me (preferably without reading the

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[offensive_mango]

intelligent, powerful, adaptable, brave, reflective, wise.

[bluedevi]

why, thank you! I like those.

[geeveecatullus]

quiet
observant
wise
independent
refelctive
witty

[several_bees]

Intelligent, energetic, extroverted, friendly, spontaneous, reflective.

[mzdt]

it reminds me of the '360 degree feedback' form I was sent to asses my boss. Sadly 'idiot' and 'incompetent' weren't available options.

[bluedevi]

Heh. You can use them on me, though, I won't mind. :)

[mzdt]

certainly not. Although I haven't seen you in so long, it's hard to say anything...

In both cases, though, surely it can only build a picture of the positive aspects of someone, and completely disregard what might be seen as bad points?

[bluedevi]

Yeah - I can see how that might be a problem if it was used in work situations, which seems to be the original purpose of the thing. Though it's all right as a fun meme for discovering which (nice, fluffy) qualities people see in you that you don't see in yourself, I s'pose.

And we should remedy that not-having-seen-me thing. I'm trying to negotiate a car to Brentford to get the stuff, but ideally there should be time for a couple of pints and a chat incorporated into that...

[coalescent]

If you want a datapoint for 'first impressions' (more or less): intelligent, friendly, independent, spontaneous, searching, observant.