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 *Zahra*'s.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arena | Blind Spotablebold caring clever complex confident dependable dignified energetic extroverted happy helpful idealistic independent ingenious intelligent loving observant organised proud reflective religious responsive searching self-assertive silly spontaneous tense trustworthy warm |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownaccepting adaptable brave calm cheerful friendly giving introverted kind knowledgeable logical mature modest nervous patient powerful quiet relaxed self-conscious sensible sentimental shy sympathetic wise witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (22%) accepting (0%) adaptable (0%) bold (33%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (11%) cheerful (0%) clever (11%) complex (11%) confident (33%) dependable (33%) dignified (11%) energetic (11%) extroverted (22%) friendly (0%) giving (0%) happy (33%) helpful (11%) idealistic (22%) independent (22%) ingenious (11%) intelligent (22%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (22%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (33%) organised (22%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (22%) quiet (0%) reflective (22%) relaxed (0%) religious (11%) responsive (11%) searching (11%) self-assertive (11%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (22%) spontaneous (11%) sympathetic (0%) tense (11%) trustworthy (11%) warm (11%) wise (0%) witty (0%)
ms thinks: dignified, proud, reflective, self-assertive, tense, happy.
apt301 thinks: caring, confident, dependable, idealistic, happy, observant.
Ree thinks: helpful, extroverted, reflective, confident, observant.
sis thinks: able, happy, clever, bold, organised.
T thinks: able, dependable, loving, organised, trustworthy.
a thinks: proud, bold, extroverted, intelligent, independent.
Maria E. thinks: complex, idealistic, searching, spontaneous, warm, observant.
Munira Shakir thinks: confident, dependable, intelligent, responsive, silly, religious.
helen thinks: loving, ingenious, independent, energetic, silly, bold.
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