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 sarahgh's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaboldintelligent spontaneous | Blind Spotacceptingclever complex confident dependable friendly helpful independent introverted knowledgeable loving mature organised patient reflective responsive searching self-assertive self-conscious sympathetic trustworthy warm wise |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeadaptableingenious witty | Unknownable brave calm caring cheerful dignified energetic extroverted giving happy idealistic kind logical modest nervous observant powerful proud quiet relaxed religious sensible sentimental shy silly tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (37%) adaptable (0%) bold (37%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (0%) cheerful (0%) clever (12%) complex (37%) confident (12%) dependable (25%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (12%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (12%) idealistic (0%) independent (37%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (50%) introverted (12%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (25%) logical (0%) loving (37%) mature (12%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (12%) patient (12%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (25%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (25%) searching (12%) self-assertive (25%) self-conscious (12%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (12%) sympathetic (12%) tense (0%) trustworthy (25%) warm (12%) wise (12%) witty (0%)
christy thinks: intelligent, reflective, self-assertive, accepting, trustworthy, complex.
Barbara thinks: spontaneous, complex, loving, responsive, sympathetic.
Heather thinks: dependable, trustworthy, loving, friendly, accepting, helpful.
jenni thinks: wise, warm, dependable, mature, patient.
Wink thinks: intelligent, bold, knowledgeable, responsive, accepting.
Witt thinks: bold, independent, complex, intelligent, reflective, searching.
DonegalJohn thinks: independent, intelligent, loving, organised, self-conscious, introverted.
sarahap thinks: confident, independent, clever, knowledgeable, self-assertive, bold.
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