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 theGirard's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaableknowledgeable powerful | Blind Spotadaptablebold caring clever complex confident dependable extroverted friendly giving happy idealistic intelligent introverted nervous patient proud searching self-assertive self-conscious sensible spontaneous tense trustworthy |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeingenioussilly witty | Unknownaccepting brave calm cheerful dignified energetic helpful independent kind logical loving mature modest observant organised quiet reflective relaxed religious responsive sentimental shy sympathetic warm wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
55% of people think that theGirard is tense
able (22%) accepting (0%) adaptable (33%) bold (22%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (11%) cheerful (0%) clever (33%) complex (11%) confident (33%) dependable (11%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (11%) friendly (33%) giving (11%) happy (11%) helpful (0%) idealistic (22%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (11%) introverted (11%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (22%) logical (0%) loving (0%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (11%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (11%) powerful (11%) proud (22%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (22%) self-assertive (33%) self-conscious (11%) sensible (11%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (11%) sympathetic (0%) tense (55%) trustworthy (22%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (0%)
Steve thinks: able, bold, friendly, powerful, self-assertive, tense.
your Mother thinks: adaptable, tense, complex, searching, friendly.
Marnie thinks: knowledgeable, caring, clever, confident, introverted.
Phil thinks: extroverted, nervous, tense, idealistic, spontaneous.
Michael thinks: tense, proud, searching, self-conscious, self-assertive.
Brad thinks: able, happy, giving, idealistic, trustworthy.
anonymous to avoid retribution thinks: tense, confident, self-assertive, proud, adaptable, bold.
The Kirk thinks: clever, intelligent, knowledgeable, confident, trustworthy.
Death_by_monkeys thinks: adaptable, clever, dependable, friendly, patient, sensible.
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