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 meeenal's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaidealistickind knowledgeable shy silly spontaneous | Blind Spotcalmcaring cheerful clever confident dependable friendly happy intelligent introverted logical loving nervous proud self-conscious tense trustworthy |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownable accepting adaptable bold brave complex dignified energetic extroverted giving helpful independent ingenious mature modest observant organised patient powerful quiet reflective relaxed religious responsive searching self-assertive sensible sentimental sympathetic warm wise witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (0%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (20%) caring (20%) cheerful (20%) clever (20%) complex (0%) confident (20%) dependable (20%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (40%) giving (0%) happy (40%) helpful (0%) idealistic (20%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (20%) introverted (20%) kind (40%) knowledgeable (20%) logical (20%) loving (20%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (40%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (20%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (20%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (20%) silly (20%) spontaneous (20%) sympathetic (0%) tense (40%) trustworthy (20%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (0%)
Jill thinks: caring, calm, cheerful, kind, loving, happy.
mee! thinks: friendly, knowledgeable, dependable, intelligent, logical.
gauri thinks: clever, confident, trustworthy, happy, spontaneous, kind.
Hello there. thinks: shy, silly, idealistic, nervous, friendly, tense.
anonymous thinks: self-conscious, nervous, proud, tense, introverted.
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