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 DonJ's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaadaptableidealistic independent reflective spontaneous | Blind Spotacceptingbrave caring clever complex confident dependable friendly happy helpful kind knowledgeable logical mature modest observant proud relaxed responsive self-conscious sensible sentimental shy silly trustworthy |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownable bold calm cheerful dignified energetic extroverted giving ingenious intelligent introverted loving nervous organised patient powerful quiet religious searching self-assertive sympathetic tense warm wise witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
60% of people think that DonJ is friendly
able (0%) accepting (30%) adaptable (10%) bold (0%) brave (10%) calm (0%) caring (30%) cheerful (0%) clever (20%) complex (20%) confident (20%) dependable (30%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (60%) giving (0%) happy (20%) helpful (20%) idealistic (10%) independent (10%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (0%) introverted (0%) kind (20%) knowledgeable (30%) logical (10%) loving (0%) mature (30%) modest (20%) nervous (0%) observant (10%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (10%) quiet (0%) reflective (10%) relaxed (30%) religious (0%) responsive (10%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (30%) sensible (10%) sentimental (20%) shy (10%) silly (10%) spontaneous (10%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (10%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (0%)
myoung thinks: kind, idealistic, complex, logical, self-conscious, reflective.
Allison thinks: clever, complex, relaxed, dependable, proud.
lina san thinks: silly, confident, caring, accepting, spontaneous, accepting.
trentt thinks: relaxed, confident, modest, caring, kind, observant.
heather thinks: self-conscious, shy, caring, dependable, friendly, brave.
cpellerito thinks: self-conscious, knowledgeable, adaptable, friendly, responsive, mature.
AngelaBaldwin thinks: dependable, friendly, helpful, independent, mature, sensible.
Lisa m thinks: friendly, knowledgeable, trustworthy, sentimental, helpful.
csych thinks: accepting, clever, modest, friendly, knowledgeable, happy.
Heidi Johnston thinks: happy, relaxed, friendly, sentimental, mature.
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