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 JoelS's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacaringintelligent knowledgeable observant reflective | Blind Spotableaccepting adaptable bold complex dependable dignified friendly helpful idealistic independent logical organised powerful searching spontaneous warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeintroverted | Unknownbrave calm cheerful clever confident energetic extroverted giving happy ingenious kind loving mature modest nervous patient proud quiet relaxed religious responsive self-assertive self-conscious sensible sentimental shy silly sympathetic tense trustworthy |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
55% of people think that JoelS is complex
88% of people agree that JoelS is intelligent
55% of people agree that JoelS is reflective
able (11%) accepting (22%) adaptable (11%) bold (11%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (44%) cheerful (0%) clever (0%) complex (55%) confident (0%) dependable (11%) dignified (11%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (11%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (11%) idealistic (11%) independent (11%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (88%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (33%) logical (11%) loving (0%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (22%) organised (11%) patient (0%) powerful (11%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (55%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (44%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (11%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (0%) warm (11%) wise (11%) witty (11%)
LynnG thinks: caring, independent, intelligent, searching, spontaneous, witty.
Shelby thinks: caring, complex, friendly, reflective, searching.
Barb thinks: caring, knowledgeable, accepting, organised, intelligent.
Jil thinks: knowledgeable, caring, helpful, dependable, wise, intelligent.
Will Brady thinks: complex, intelligent, powerful, observant, searching, warm.
The Disgruntled Chemist thinks: dignified, able, bold, intelligent, reflective.
iamgen thinks: complex, intelligent, knowledgeable, reflective, searching, logical.
CrazyTracy thinks: complex, intelligent, observant, reflective, adaptable.
SJ thinks: accepting, complex, idealistic, intelligent, reflective.
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