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 todieetcetera's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaintelligentintroverted observant | Blind Spotableadaptable cheerful clever confident extroverted friendly independent ingenious kind logical loving mature organised powerful quiet searching spontaneous |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeidealisticnervous sentimental | Unknownaccepting bold brave calm caring complex dependable dignified energetic giving happy helpful knowledgeable modest patient proud reflective relaxed religious responsive self-assertive self-conscious sensible shy silly sympathetic tense trustworthy warm wise witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (40%) accepting (0%) adaptable (20%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (0%) cheerful (20%) clever (20%) complex (0%) confident (20%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (20%) friendly (20%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (40%) ingenious (20%) intelligent (40%) introverted (20%) kind (40%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (20%) loving (40%) mature (20%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (20%) organised (20%) patient (0%) powerful (40%) proud (0%) quiet (20%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (20%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (20%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (0%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (0%)
i thinks: searching, ingenious, adaptable, kind, powerful, observant.
Justin thinks: spontaneous, friendly, independent, able, extroverted.
Martha thinks: , able, cheerful, confident, powerful, loving.
Kae thinks: independent, intelligent, introverted, mature, organised, quiet.
Eden thinks: kind, clever, intelligent, loving, logical.
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