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 Uncle Polt's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenahappysilly spontaneous | Blind Spotadaptablebold caring cheerful dependable dignified extroverted friendly idealistic independent kind logical modest self-conscious trustworthy warm |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeacceptingintelligent sympathetic | Unknownable brave calm clever complex confident energetic giving helpful ingenious introverted knowledgeable loving mature nervous observant organised patient powerful proud quiet reflective relaxed religious responsive searching self-assertive sensible sentimental shy tense wise witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
60% of people think that Uncle Polt is cheerful
80% of people think that Uncle Polt is friendly
able (0%) accepting (0%) adaptable (20%) bold (20%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (40%) cheerful (60%) clever (0%) complex (0%) confident (0%) dependable (20%) dignified (20%) energetic (0%) extroverted (20%) friendly (80%) giving (0%) happy (40%) helpful (0%) idealistic (20%) independent (20%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (0%) introverted (0%) kind (40%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (20%) loving (0%) mature (0%) modest (20%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (20%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (40%) spontaneous (20%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (20%) warm (20%) wise (0%) witty (0%)
twinkie hairthing thinks: self-conscious, independent, friendly, happy, idealistic, caring.
who knows thinks: friendly, silly, cheerful, warm, dependable.
Herb thinks: adaptable, cheerful, dignified, friendly, kind, modest.
susie thinks: caring, extroverted, trustworthy, logical, bold.
Manny! thinks: friendly, cheerful, happy, silly, spontaneous, kind.
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