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 HelenHaricot's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacaringfriendly intelligent sensible | Blind Spotablecalm cheerful dependable dignified helpful knowledgeable logical loving patient reflective self-conscious sentimental sympathetic warm wise |
| Not Known to Others | Façadekindobservant | Unknownaccepting adaptable bold brave clever complex confident energetic extroverted giving happy idealistic independent ingenious introverted mature modest nervous organised powerful proud quiet relaxed religious responsive searching self-assertive shy silly spontaneous tense trustworthy witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (33%) accepting (0%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (33%) caring (33%) cheerful (33%) clever (0%) complex (0%) confident (0%) dependable (16%) dignified (16%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (33%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (33%) idealistic (0%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (33%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (33%) logical (16%) loving (50%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (16%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (33%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (16%) sensible (50%) sentimental (16%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (16%) tense (0%) trustworthy (0%) warm (33%) wise (16%) witty (0%)
H. thinks: patient, self-conscious, sentimental, caring, reflective, logical.
alison thinks: intelligent, loving, dependable, warm, sensible, reflective.
Joanna thinks: able, calm, friendly, helpful, sensible, dignified.
Nic thinks: cheerful, able, wise, sensible, loving.
Thelady thinks: cheerful, friendly, helpful, warm, knowledgeable.
Jax thinks: intelligent, calm, caring, sympathetic, loving, knowledgeable.
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