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 corinnebean's.
Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
Known to Others | Arenacomplexlogical sympathetic | Blind Spotadaptableclever idealistic ingenious intelligent introverted knowledgeable nervous observant proud religious self-conscious sentimental silly spontaneous tense trustworthy wise witty |
Not Known to Others | Façadeacceptinggiving patient | Unknownable bold brave calm caring cheerful confident dependable dignified energetic extroverted friendly happy helpful independent kind loving mature modest organised powerful quiet reflective relaxed responsive searching self-assertive sensible shy warm |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) |
able (0%) accepting (0%) adaptable (16%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (0%) cheerful (0%) clever (33%) complex (33%) confident (0%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (0%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (16%) independent (0%) ingenious (16%) intelligent (33%) introverted (16%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (16%) logical (16%) loving (0%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (16%) observant (16%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (16%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (16%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (50%) sensible (0%) sentimental (16%) shy (0%) silly (50%) spontaneous (16%) sympathetic (16%) tense (16%) trustworthy (33%) warm (0%) wise (33%) witty (50%)
Alex Tam thinks: intelligent, witty, logical, self-conscious, trustworthy.
xian thinks: clever, complex, proud, spontaneous, witty.
bj thinks: introverted, religious, sentimental, wise, idealistic, adaptable.
Jessica K thinks: clever, knowledgeable, nervous, observant, silly, tense.
Paul thinks: ingenious, wise, silly, trustworthy, self-conscious.
Graeme thinks: sympathetic, witty, self-conscious, complex, intelligent, silly.
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