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