The Johari Window is a representation of our personality. It is divided into four regions: the arena, what we know about ourselves and what is known to others; the blindspot, what we don’t know about ourselves but is known to others; the facade, what we know about ourselves that others do not know; and the unknown, which is unknown both by ourselves and others. This is a tool for illustrating our personality and to improve self-awareness and mutual understanding among individuals within a group.
With a lot of new things being introduced to us every day, we sometimes lose track of what kind of person we become. An example of this is our exposure to social networking sites such as Facebook. As more and more people (including you and me) become avid users of this site, even when we are on-the-go with our smartphones, changes gradually take place to us that appear in the blindspot of our personality. Find out below what in you might have changed that you are not aware of.
1. It makes people fatter. Though it has been found out that Facebook can boost self-esteem, it can also lower self-control at the same time. Most people, while checking on their Facebook accounts or surfing the net, have snacks on hand. These small binges can eventually make a user gain some pounds.
2. It makes you self-absorbed. People who use social networking sites on a regular basis have a tendency to become self-conceited because it is easier to be noticed and brag about themselves in Facebook than in real life.
3. It makes you a close-minded person. Professor Christopher Sibona from the University of Colorado surveyed Facebook users and found out that 40% of them would avoid the people who unfriended them on Facebook when confronted in real life. According to him, the act of unfriending someone else is a form of rejection that may cause psychological problems.
4. It makes your significant other uncomfortable. For couples who are avid users of Facebook, one tends to stalk the account of the other every now and then. They become obsessed in stalking over likes, comments, and even in adding friends and accepting friend requests of each other. Even the choice of how one personalizes his/her profile is scrutinized by the other.
5. It makes people depressed. There was a study conducted in 2011 that shows that there is a possible correlation between children who use Facebook regularly and depression.
It is always important to know ourselves inside-out. We must be transparent as an LCD screen protector when dealing with ourselves and with others. It is also equally important to acknowledge what others might have to say about us because as the Johari window illustrates, only half of our personality is known by us. There is, and will always be a part of us that may be bad that we don’t know, and a way to know what they are is to ask the people around us.
With a lot of new things being introduced to us every day, we sometimes lose track of what kind of person we become. An example of this is our exposure to social networking sites such as Facebook. As more and more people (including you and me) become avid users of this site, even when we are on-the-go with our smartphones, changes gradually take place to us that appear in the blindspot of our personality. Find out below what in you might have changed that you are not aware of.
1. It makes people fatter. Though it has been found out that Facebook can boost self-esteem, it can also lower self-control at the same time. Most people, while checking on their Facebook accounts or surfing the net, have snacks on hand. These small binges can eventually make a user gain some pounds.
2. It makes you self-absorbed. People who use social networking sites on a regular basis have a tendency to become self-conceited because it is easier to be noticed and brag about themselves in Facebook than in real life.
3. It makes you a close-minded person. Professor Christopher Sibona from the University of Colorado surveyed Facebook users and found out that 40% of them would avoid the people who unfriended them on Facebook when confronted in real life. According to him, the act of unfriending someone else is a form of rejection that may cause psychological problems.
4. It makes your significant other uncomfortable. For couples who are avid users of Facebook, one tends to stalk the account of the other every now and then. They become obsessed in stalking over likes, comments, and even in adding friends and accepting friend requests of each other. Even the choice of how one personalizes his/her profile is scrutinized by the other.
5. It makes people depressed. There was a study conducted in 2011 that shows that there is a possible correlation between children who use Facebook regularly and depression.
It is always important to know ourselves inside-out. We must be transparent as an LCD screen protector when dealing with ourselves and with others. It is also equally important to acknowledge what others might have to say about us because as the Johari window illustrates, only half of our personality is known by us. There is, and will always be a part of us that may be bad that we don’t know, and a way to know what they are is to ask the people around us.
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