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 Daniel Ang's.
Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
Known to Others | Arenaacceptingidealistic observant organised sensible sentimental | Blind Spotableadaptable bold calm caring cheerful complex confident dependable energetic friendly giving helpful introverted loving mature nervous quiet reflective searching self-conscious shy silly sympathetic trustworthy warm |
Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownbrave clever dignified extroverted happy independent ingenious intelligent kind knowledgeable logical modest patient powerful proud relaxed religious responsive self-assertive spontaneous tense wise witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) |
able (8%) accepting (16%) adaptable (8%) bold (8%) brave (0%) calm (8%) caring (8%) cheerful (8%) clever (0%) complex (16%) confident (8%) dependable (16%) dignified (0%) energetic (8%) extroverted (0%) friendly (16%) giving (16%) happy (0%) helpful (8%) idealistic (8%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (0%) introverted (25%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (8%) mature (8%) modest (0%) nervous (8%) observant (50%) organised (16%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (41%) reflective (25%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (25%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (33%) sensible (8%) sentimental (50%) shy (25%) silly (8%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (8%) tense (0%) trustworthy (16%) warm (16%) wise (0%) witty (0%)
Jacelyn thinks: friendly, confident, silly, quiet, observant.
seah wee thinks: sentimental, trustworthy, calm, observant, warm.
Priscias thinks: introverted, organised, quiet, shy, warm.
Ms Foo thinks: able, bold, caring, complex, sentimental, dependable.
XX thinks: complex, self-conscious, sentimental, observant, idealistic, dependable.
prancey thinks: introverted, observant, quiet, searching, accepting.
me thinks: self-conscious, reflective, observant, organised, sentimental, quiet.
wenya thinks: cheerful, quiet, shy, nervous, giving, self-conscious.
r3n3 thinks: shy, friendly, loving, energetic, helpful.
starbreez thinks: searching, self-conscious, sensible, sympathetic, trustworthy, adaptable.
stepper thinks: sentimental, introverted, accepting, searching, reflective.
Jasmine (taitaii) =D thinks: sentimental, giving, observant, reflective, mature.
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