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.
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| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacalmhelpful intelligent patient self-conscious trustworthy | Blind Spotableaccepting bold caring cheerful clever complex confident dependable energetic extroverted friendly giving happy idealistic independent ingenious introverted knowledgeable logical loving observant organised proud quiet reflective searching self-assertive sensible witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownadaptable brave dignified kind mature modest nervous powerful relaxed religious responsive sentimental shy silly spontaneous sympathetic tense warm wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (6%) accepting (20%) adaptable (0%) bold (13%) brave (0%) calm (13%) caring (26%) cheerful (6%) clever (13%) complex (46%) confident (33%) dependable (13%) dignified (0%) energetic (6%) extroverted (6%) friendly (6%) giving (13%) happy (6%) helpful (20%) idealistic (6%) independent (33%) ingenious (6%) intelligent (33%) introverted (6%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (13%) logical (26%) loving (6%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (46%) organised (6%) patient (6%) powerful (0%) proud (6%) quiet (6%) reflective (26%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (6%) self-assertive (20%) self-conscious (13%) sensible (6%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (20%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (26%)
beautifulcreep thinks: caring, clever, complex, dependable, loving, self-conscious.
KFGHF thinks: self-assertive, self-conscious, trustworthy, introverted, giving, reflective.
ILU thinks: observant, intelligent, patient, giving, calm.
anon thinks: helpful, complex, intelligent, observant, searching, independent.
NikolaAnne thinks: complex, independent, self-assertive, observant, confident, witty.
Anon thinks: extroverted, friendly, witty, energetic, intelligent.
anon thinks: witty, organised, confident, sensible, observant, bold.
Jacqlyn thinks: cheerful, trustworthy, reflective, helpful, accepting, caring.
Rachel thinks: reflective, observant, independent, clever, complex, accepting.
banana thinks: complex, observant, quiet, intelligent, independent, confident.
Stuart Byrne thinks: accepting, happy, logical, observant, witty, proud.
Anon thinks: confident, knowledgeable, caring, self-assertive, bold.
jo thinks: logical, calm, helpful, independent, caring, dependable.
abcde thinks: able, intelligent, complex, logical, knowledgeable, confident.
lady marion thinks: idealistic, reflective, ingenious, logical, complex, trustworthy.
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