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 timbomb's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacheerfulhelpful knowledgeable observant | Blind Spotableaccepting adaptable caring clever complex confident extroverted friendly giving idealistic ingenious intelligent kind loving mature patient powerful reflective religious responsive searching sensible silly sympathetic trustworthy warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadetense | Unknownbold brave calm dependable dignified energetic happy independent introverted logical modest nervous organised proud quiet relaxed self-assertive self-conscious sentimental shy spontaneous |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (8%) accepting (8%) adaptable (16%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (16%) cheerful (16%) clever (16%) complex (16%) confident (25%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (16%) friendly (16%) giving (25%) happy (0%) helpful (16%) idealistic (8%) independent (0%) ingenious (8%) intelligent (41%) introverted (0%) kind (8%) knowledgeable (50%) logical (0%) loving (25%) mature (8%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (33%) organised (0%) patient (8%) powerful (16%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (33%) relaxed (0%) religious (8%) responsive (8%) searching (33%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (8%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (8%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (8%) tense (0%) trustworthy (16%) warm (25%) wise (25%) witty (8%)
Andy thinks: intelligent, knowledgeable, warm, wise, helpful, caring.
Jen thinks: extroverted, reflective, clever, trustworthy, confident, powerful.
The Most Rev. Jack Hackett thinks: adaptable, accepting, mature, searching, sensible, intelligent.
dud thinks: searching, intelligent, knowledgeable, reflective, idealistic, loving.
Ralf thinks: observant, giving, complex, sympathetic, powerful, searching.
Greg thinks: wise, witty, observant, knowledgeable, reflective, helpful.
anomalous thinks: reflective, loving, searching, trustworthy, warm, giving.
David L thinks: intelligent, silly, confident, kind, cheerful.
David Humphreys thinks: clever, extroverted, friendly, giving, intelligent, loving.
ezb thinks: knowledgeable, friendly, caring, warm, wise, patient.
B.J. thinks: ingenious, knowledgeable, religious, cheerful, observant, able.
Roz (former student of timbomb thinks: adaptable, knowledgeable, observant, confident, complex, responsive.
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