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 Jo Kien's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenafriendlyobservant | Blind Spotableadaptable cheerful confident energetic extroverted happy independent intelligent knowledgeable logical patient proud self-conscious sensible silly spontaneous trustworthy witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeacceptinghelpful reflective relaxed | Unknownbold brave calm caring clever complex dependable dignified giving idealistic ingenious introverted kind loving mature modest nervous organised powerful quiet religious responsive searching self-assertive sentimental shy sympathetic tense warm wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (14%) accepting (0%) adaptable (14%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (0%) cheerful (42%) clever (0%) complex (0%) confident (28%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (28%) extroverted (42%) friendly (42%) giving (0%) happy (28%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (14%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (14%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (14%) logical (28%) loving (0%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (14%) organised (0%) patient (28%) powerful (0%) proud (28%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (28%) sensible (28%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (28%) spontaneous (28%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (28%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (14%)
one with the uni-uniform bag thinks: friendly, silly, cheerful, adaptable, self-conscious.
carrot thinks: energetic, spontaneous, observant, friendly, happy.
Anon thinks: energetic, extroverted, friendly, intelligent, proud, confident.
Jin thinks: extroverted, cheerful, independent, happy, spontaneous.
chan thinks: extroverted, able, logical, sensible, trustworthy, silly.
Su Ann thinks: patient, sensible, trustworthy, cheerful, witty.
Dodo thinks: confident, knowledgeable, proud, logical, patient, self-conscious.
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