The Joe-Hari window states that there are many shades in our personalities about which we are unaware. It is precisely for this reason that our Novitiate conducts feedback exercise every year at regular intervals. Each novice gets a complete feedback from his companions seated in a full circle. This year the Novitiate went into ‘feedback mode’ on 27, 28 and 29 September. It is not always pleasant receiving a feedback. The person receiving a feedback faces the 'firing squad' at point blank range! Though we were glum and gleeful after the sessions, we experienced tremendous growth in self-knowledge. Harold Bowden has aptly said, "Facts that are not frankly faced have a habit of stabbing us in the back." To internalize the lessons learnt, a day of recollection followed immediately after the feedback. Touching all the aspects of our nascent life in the Society of Jesus, the feedback became a very comprehensive and a constructive process.
"Each Year, one vicious habit rooted out, in time ought to make the worst man good" - Franklin
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