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 43Adar's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arena | Blind Spotableaccepting adaptable brave caring cheerful clever complex confident dependable dignified friendly giving helpful independent ingenious intelligent knowledgeable loving modest observant organised reflective religious responsive searching sympathetic trustworthy warm wise |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownbold calm energetic extroverted happy idealistic introverted kind logical mature nervous patient powerful proud quiet relaxed self-assertive self-conscious sensible sentimental shy silly spontaneous tense witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (10%) accepting (10%) adaptable (10%) bold (0%) brave (30%) calm (0%) caring (40%) cheerful (10%) clever (10%) complex (20%) confident (10%) dependable (30%) dignified (10%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (20%) giving (20%) happy (0%) helpful (10%) idealistic (0%) independent (10%) ingenious (10%) intelligent (50%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (20%) logical (0%) loving (30%) mature (0%) modest (20%) nervous (0%) observant (10%) organised (10%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (40%) relaxed (0%) religious (30%) responsive (10%) searching (20%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (10%) tense (0%) trustworthy (20%) warm (10%) wise (20%) witty (0%)
RDH thinks: confident, friendly, adaptable, warm, cheerful.
Avi thinks: accepting, religious, responsive, dependable, friendly.
Aaron thinks: caring, brave, clever, intelligent, loving, sympathetic.
Aija thinks: intelligent, independent, knowledgeable, dignified, religious, giving.
Linda thinks: brave, caring, reflective, complex, dependable, ingenious.
SK thinks: complex, caring, modest, reflective, intelligent, searching.
Fred thinks: brave, intelligent, religious, giving, searching.
Deborah thinks: wise, loving, knowledgeable, trustworthy, reflective, modest.
Dawn thinks: caring, intelligent, trustworthy, loving, reflective, dependable.
toddschoonover thinks: observant, able, helpful, wise, organised.
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