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 Brooksba's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenafriendlyhappy logical | Blind Spotacceptingcaring cheerful clever dependable helpful idealistic intelligent kind loving modest organised reflective tense trustworthy warm |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeenergeticsympathetic | Unknownable adaptable bold brave calm complex confident dignified extroverted giving independent ingenious introverted knowledgeable mature nervous observant patient powerful proud quiet relaxed religious responsive searching self-assertive self-conscious sensible sentimental shy silly spontaneous wise witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (50%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (33%) cheerful (16%) clever (33%) complex (0%) confident (0%) dependable (50%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (33%) giving (0%) happy (16%) helpful (50%) idealistic (33%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (50%) introverted (0%) kind (33%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (16%) loving (33%) mature (0%) modest (16%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (33%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (16%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (16%) trustworthy (16%) warm (33%) wise (0%) witty (0%)
Lioness thinks: dependable, intelligent, logical, trustworthy, caring, tense.
Teri thinks: idealistic, dependable, accepting, warm, clever, friendly.
Dana thinks: accepting, cheerful, helpful, intelligent, organised.
udge thinks: happy, loving, organised, warm, dependable, helpful.
Diana thinks: caring, helpful, idealistic, kind, modest, reflective.
Nancy thinks: accepting, friendly, clever, loving, intelligent, kind.
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