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 stevenjohn's.
Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
Known to Others | Arenaproudsentimental witty | Blind Spotableaccepting bold brave calm cheerful clever extroverted friendly helpful intelligent kind knowledgeable logical mature observant quiet relaxed silly |
Not Known to Others | Façadeintrovertedself-conscious shy | Unknownadaptable caring complex confident dependable dignified energetic giving happy idealistic independent ingenious loving modest nervous organised patient powerful reflective religious responsive searching self-assertive sensible spontaneous sympathetic tense trustworthy warm wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) |
able (16%) accepting (33%) adaptable (0%) bold (16%) brave (16%) calm (16%) caring (0%) cheerful (16%) clever (16%) complex (0%) confident (0%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (16%) friendly (50%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (33%) idealistic (0%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (50%) introverted (0%) kind (16%) knowledgeable (33%) logical (16%) loving (0%) mature (16%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (16%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (33%) quiet (16%) reflective (0%) relaxed (33%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (16%) shy (0%) silly (50%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (0%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (33%)
kct thinks: accepting, intelligent, observant, witty, friendly, proud.
Andrew thinks: knowledgeable, sentimental, intelligent, silly, extroverted.
flowerchile thinks: quiet, silly, witty, helpful, kind, friendly.
rotten thinks: logical, relaxed, calm, clever, silly.
LB thinks: accepting, intelligent, bold, brave, helpful, friendly.
blah~ thinks: able, cheerful, relaxed, mature, knowledgeable, proud.
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