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 IanM's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaacceptingintelligent knowledgeable observant silly | Blind Spotadaptablebold caring clever complex confident dependable energetic extroverted friendly giving happy helpful ingenious loving organised quiet reflective religious searching sensible trustworthy warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeintroverted | Unknownable brave calm cheerful dignified idealistic independent kind logical mature modest nervous patient powerful proud relaxed responsive self-assertive self-conscious sentimental shy spontaneous sympathetic tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
66% of people think that IanM is clever
55% of people agree that IanM is knowledgeable
able (0%) accepting (22%) adaptable (11%) bold (11%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (11%) cheerful (0%) clever (66%) complex (11%) confident (22%) dependable (22%) dignified (0%) energetic (11%) extroverted (11%) friendly (33%) giving (11%) happy (11%) helpful (11%) idealistic (0%) independent (0%) ingenious (11%) intelligent (11%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (55%) logical (0%) loving (11%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (33%) organised (11%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (11%) reflective (22%) relaxed (0%) religious (33%) responsive (0%) searching (11%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (11%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (11%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (22%) warm (11%) wise (11%) witty (33%)
Kim in IL thinks: clever, energetic, knowledgeable, organised, extroverted.
Phil Gerbyshak thinks: observant, knowledgeable, religious, clever, searching.
hot botatoe thinks: clever, knowledgeable, witty, loving, happy, friendly.
Andrew thinks: religious, witty, accepting, knowledgeable, quiet, trustworthy.
Deb thinks: accepting, clever, intelligent, wise, witty, sensible.
Ben thinks: knowledgeable, observant, reflective, confident, clever, dependable.
Jason G thinks: confident, friendly, giving, reflective, trustworthy, clever.
Kathy B thinks: adaptable, bold, complex, dependable, friendly, observant.
Donald McKenzie thinks: religious, helpful, silly, warm, caring, ingenious.
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