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