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