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 Eternal Echoes's.
Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
Known to Others | Arenaidealisticreflective sympathetic | Blind Spotacceptingcaring confident dependable energetic friendly giving loving nervous observant searching self-conscious sentimental trustworthy warm witty |
Not Known to Others | Façadeadaptableintroverted spontaneous | Unknownable bold brave calm cheerful clever complex dignified extroverted happy helpful independent ingenious intelligent kind knowledgeable logical mature modest organised patient powerful proud quiet relaxed religious responsive self-assertive sensible shy silly tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) |
able (0%) accepting (50%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (25%) cheerful (0%) clever (0%) complex (0%) confident (25%) dependable (25%) dignified (0%) energetic (25%) extroverted (0%) friendly (50%) giving (25%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (50%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (0%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (50%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (25%) observant (25%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (25%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (25%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (50%) sensible (0%) sentimental (25%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (25%) tense (0%) trustworthy (25%) warm (25%) wise (0%) witty (25%)
Cath thinks: reflective, witty, self-conscious, nervous, idealistic, searching.
sue thinks: confident, friendly, warm, sympathetic, idealistic, accepting.
pmc thinks: accepting, trustworthy, loving, giving, dependable, caring.
SW thinks: loving, observant, self-conscious, energetic, friendly, sentimental.
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