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 Jennifer Elizabeth Ashcom's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacomplexknowledgeable loving reflective searching | Blind Spotadaptablebrave caring confident dignified friendly idealistic independent ingenious intelligent introverted mature nervous powerful self-conscious tense trustworthy witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeobservant | Unknownable accepting bold calm cheerful clever dependable energetic extroverted giving happy helpful kind logical modest organised patient proud quiet relaxed religious responsive self-assertive sensible sentimental shy silly spontaneous sympathetic warm wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (0%) adaptable (16%) bold (0%) brave (16%) calm (0%) caring (16%) cheerful (0%) clever (0%) complex (50%) confident (16%) dependable (0%) dignified (16%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (16%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (16%) independent (16%) ingenious (33%) intelligent (16%) introverted (16%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (33%) logical (0%) loving (33%) mature (16%) modest (0%) nervous (16%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (16%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (50%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (50%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (16%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (33%) trustworthy (16%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (50%)
Cricket thinks: trustworthy, complex, knowledgeable, searching, brave, reflective.
Reuben thinks: knowledgeable, reflective, searching, tense, complex, friendly.
Carolovetwinnyfacexcore thinks: complex, ingenious, reflective, idealistic, loving, witty.
Jules thinks: searching, adaptable, witty, powerful, confident, ingenious.
Phantom thinks: nervous, tense, intelligent, introverted, self-conscious.
Reuben again thinks: independent, loving, witty, mature, caring, dignified.
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