The Johari Window was invented by Joseph Luft and Harrington Ingham in the 1950s as a model for mapping personality awareness. By describing yourself from a fixed list of adjectives, then asking your friends and colleagues to describe you from the same list, a grid of overlap and difference can be built up.
You can get your own Johari Window, or contribute to Allthingsmagnolia's.
Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
Known to Others | Arenacaringself-conscious shy | Blind Spotacceptingbrave complex dependable friendly giving happy independent intelligent kind knowledgeable loving mature reflective religious trustworthy wise |
Not Known to Others | Façadeintrovertednervous | Unknownable adaptable bold calm cheerful clever confident dignified energetic extroverted helpful idealistic ingenious logical modest observant organised patient powerful proud quiet relaxed responsive searching self-assertive sensible sentimental silly spontaneous sympathetic tense warm witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) |
able (0%) accepting (42%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (42%) calm (0%) caring (42%) cheerful (0%) clever (0%) complex (14%) confident (0%) dependable (42%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (14%) giving (28%) happy (14%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (28%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (28%) introverted (0%) kind (14%) knowledgeable (14%) logical (0%) loving (42%) mature (14%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (14%) relaxed (0%) religious (14%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (14%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (42%) silly (0%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (14%) warm (0%) wise (14%) witty (0%)
Dani thinks: accepting, brave, shy, kind, independent.
Sara thinks: dependable, accepting, intelligent, shy, wise.
"Hero" thinks: mature, knowledgeable, intelligent, accepting, self-conscious.
thinks: caring, giving, loving, religious, dependable.
Paula thinks: brave, reflective, loving, friendly, happy.
thinks: shy, complex, caring, independent, trustworthy.
heidi thinks: caring, brave, loving, dependable, giving.
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