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