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 Dave Liem's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaadaptablefriendly helpful observant trustworthy | Blind Spotableaccepting bold calm caring cheerful clever complex confident dependable dignified energetic giving happy ingenious intelligent introverted powerful proud reflective relaxed sensible sentimental shy silly sympathetic warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façademodest | Unknownbrave extroverted idealistic independent kind knowledgeable logical loving mature nervous organised patient quiet religious responsive searching self-assertive self-conscious spontaneous tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (30%) accepting (10%) adaptable (20%) bold (10%) brave (0%) calm (20%) caring (10%) cheerful (50%) clever (20%) complex (10%) confident (10%) dependable (20%) dignified (10%) energetic (20%) extroverted (0%) friendly (30%) giving (10%) happy (10%) helpful (10%) idealistic (0%) independent (0%) ingenious (10%) intelligent (10%) introverted (10%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (0%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (10%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (10%) proud (10%) quiet (0%) reflective (30%) relaxed (10%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (40%) sentimental (10%) shy (20%) silly (10%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (10%) tense (0%) trustworthy (50%) warm (30%) wise (0%) witty (10%)
Mavis thinks: shy, trustworthy, cheerful, complex, adaptable, relaxed.
Singapore Celine thinks: dependable, witty, sensible, energetic, silly, trustworthy.
rowriness thinks: calm, reflective, sensible, observant, shy, friendly.
FISH thinks: sympathetic, warm, trustworthy, able, confident, powerful.
gotsound thinks: sensible, caring, able, friendly, reflective, trustworthy.
Igor thinks: sentimental, intelligent, helpful, cheerful, friendly, able.
Dave Liem thinks: giving, adaptable, accepting, bold, cheerful.
Chris thinks: calm, cheerful, clever, sensible, dependable, trustworthy.
ytyh thinks: introverted, ingenious, dignified, proud, reflective, warm.
joan xiong thinks: clever, cheerful, energetic, happy, warm.
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