As someone who prides themselves on being on top of business trends, I was somewhat shocked, dismayed and very embarassed that the Johari trend has been well underway for God knows how long, and I am just now finding out about it.

Another reason to be an astute and regular Blogher reader!

I learned about the Johari/Nohari trend over at But wait! There's more....Blogher Leesepea writes about

a stream of consciousness blur about a first-year teacher with opinions about careers, lifestyles, and everything in-between

This week she's celebrating her 30th birthday. She's also inviting readers to complete her Johari.

I can't even begin to recall how many other sites I've seen these Johari windows on, but they seem interesting and so I'm going to ask that you visit mine and select a few words to describe me.

There is even a more challenging version, called the Nohari window, that asks you to describe my failings. It allows me to see what others feel are my shortcomings and can be used as a tool for improvement.

Now not that I know Leespea well enough to describe her strengths and weaknesses but I tried to visit her window and I got this message:

Server Overload. Sorry, try again at a less busy time.

So here's my question. Just how rampant is this trend? Obviously someone is using it because the server can't handle the traffic. But, I haven't seen this before so I want to know who's doing the Johari thing , the Nohari thing or both?

And most important, once you do it, what do yu learn about yourself that you didn't already know?