Hi, we're here from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter in just a few minutes.

I'm Cody Gough.

And I'm Ashley Hamer.

Today you learn about a method to get to know yourself better and why sibling rivalry can

actually be a good thing. We'll also answer a

listener question about how the Big Bang happened if there's no center of the

universe. Let's satisfy some curiosity. Self-awareness has many benefits and

research backs this up and psychologists have developed a way you can get to know yourself better called the Johari window.

Developed in 1955, the Johari window is a group exercise that claims to reveal previously hidden aspects of your character.

It's relatively simple.

Everyone in your group gets a list of 56 adjectives, like bold, nervous, and silly. You pick the ones you feel describe your own personality,

while others in the group pick the ones they think describe you. Then the words are allocated

into four sections or pains of the Johari window.

The first section contains words that were on both yours and other people's lists

and represent those qualities of your character that you openly display to the world.

Words that you chose

chose but others didn't are those qualities you hide behind a facade.

Words picked by others but not by you are characteristics in your blind spot,

things that you don't see in yourself, but others do.

Finally, there are the leftover adjectives that neither the group nor you felt applied to you, and

these represent characteristics that are unknown.

While the activity itself pushes you to greater self-awareness,

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