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 Akiris's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaadaptablecaring happy intelligent introverted self-conscious | Blind Spotacceptingloving nervous observant patient powerful quiet relaxed sensible shy silly spontaneous warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownable bold brave calm cheerful clever complex confident dependable dignified energetic extroverted friendly giving helpful idealistic independent ingenious kind knowledgeable logical mature modest organised proud reflective religious responsive searching self-assertive sentimental sympathetic tense trustworthy wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (25%) adaptable (25%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (25%) cheerful (0%) clever (0%) complex (0%) confident (0%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (0%) giving (0%) happy (25%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (50%) introverted (25%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (50%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (25%) observant (25%) organised (0%) patient (50%) powerful (25%) proud (0%) quiet (25%) reflective (0%) relaxed (25%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (25%) sensible (25%) sentimental (0%) shy (25%) silly (25%) spontaneous (25%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (0%) warm (25%) wise (0%) witty (25%)
Ian thinks: intelligent, loving, observant, warm, introverted, shy.
Joey thinks: caring, nervous, spontaneous, loving, self-conscious, patient.
Dan dan the brit man :o -flex- thinks: silly, sensible, relaxed, patient, quiet, intelligent.
Worlaut thinks: witty, adaptable, accepting, happy, powerful.
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