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 Mervyn Spears's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaenergetichelpful observant self-conscious sentimental shy | Blind Spotableaccepting caring cheerful confident dependable extroverted friendly independent ingenious kind loving mature organised relaxed self-assertive silly spontaneous trustworthy warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownadaptable bold brave calm clever complex dignified giving happy idealistic intelligent introverted knowledgeable logical modest nervous patient powerful proud quiet reflective religious responsive searching sensible sympathetic tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
62% of people think that Mervyn Spears is cheerful
75% of people agree that Mervyn Spears is energetic
able (12%) accepting (12%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (12%) cheerful (62%) clever (0%) complex (0%) confident (12%) dependable (12%) dignified (0%) energetic (75%) extroverted (12%) friendly (50%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (50%) idealistic (0%) independent (12%) ingenious (12%) intelligent (0%) introverted (0%) kind (12%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (12%) mature (12%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (25%) organised (12%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (12%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (12%) self-conscious (12%) sensible (0%) sentimental (12%) shy (25%) silly (12%) spontaneous (37%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (12%) warm (25%) wise (0%) witty (12%)
FreD thinks: shy, energetic, , cheerful, spontaneous, trustworthy.
el_M thinks: cheerful, energetic, friendly, warm, relaxed, kind.
kirst thinks: caring, helpful, friendly, shy, loving, energetic.
B.Ong thinks: independent, dependable, able, silly, energetic, organised.
Gabriel Loh thinks: cheerful, energetic, helpful, mature, self-assertive, warm.
shundeng thinks: energetic, helpful, observant, self-conscious, friendly, cheerful.
me thinks: cheerful, confident, witty, extroverted, friendly, spontaneous.
iRiSi thinks: accepting, helpful, ingenious, sentimental, spontaneous, observant.
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