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 Phosis21's.
Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
Known to Others | Arenadependableidealistic trustworthy | Blind Spotablecaring dignified friendly intelligent knowledgeable modest organised proud quiet reflective self-conscious sensible sentimental witty |
Not Known to Others | Façadeadaptablegiving | Unknownaccepting bold brave calm cheerful clever complex confident energetic extroverted happy helpful independent ingenious introverted kind logical loving mature nervous observant patient powerful relaxed religious responsive searching self-assertive shy silly spontaneous sympathetic tense warm wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) |
able (25%) accepting (0%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (25%) cheerful (0%) clever (0%) complex (0%) confident (0%) dependable (25%) dignified (25%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (50%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (25%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (50%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (25%) logical (0%) loving (0%) mature (0%) modest (25%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (25%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (25%) quiet (25%) reflective (25%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (25%) sensible (25%) sentimental (50%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (50%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (25%)
Todd thinks: friendly, proud, sentimental, intelligent, caring, self-conscious.
walkabout thinks: modest, quiet, trustworthy, dependable, organised.
St3f thinks: able, dignified, sentimental, friendly, reflective, idealistic.
Peter Kerman thinks: intelligent, trustworthy, knowledgeable, sensible, witty.
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