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 Analiza's.
Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
Known to Others | Arenacaringsilly | Blind Spotableaccepting clever helpful knowledgeable mature nervous observant patient searching self-conscious sympathetic trustworthy warm witty |
Not Known to Others | Façadecomplexfriendly independent intelligent | Unknownadaptable bold brave calm cheerful confident dependable dignified energetic extroverted giving happy idealistic ingenious introverted kind logical loving modest organised powerful proud quiet reflective relaxed religious responsive self-assertive sensible sentimental shy spontaneous tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) |
able (25%) accepting (25%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (25%) cheerful (0%) clever (50%) complex (0%) confident (0%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (0%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (25%) idealistic (0%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (0%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (50%) logical (0%) loving (0%) mature (50%) modest (0%) nervous (25%) observant (25%) organised (0%) patient (25%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (50%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (50%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (25%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (25%) tense (0%) trustworthy (25%) warm (25%) wise (0%) witty (50%)
katrin thinks: sympathetic, witty, nervous, searching, helpful, self-conscious.
Susannah thinks: caring, clever, mature, self-conscious, searching, knowledgeable.
cos thinks: able, patient, trustworthy, clever, observant.
J. P. thinks: silly, warm, witty, accepting, knowledgeable, mature.
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