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 BriBry's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaintelligentsilly spontaneous | Blind Spotableaccepting adaptable bold brave cheerful complex confident dependable dignified energetic friendly independent ingenious introverted knowledgeable observant proud self-assertive trustworthy wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeidealisticreflective | Unknowncalm caring clever extroverted giving happy helpful kind logical loving mature modest nervous organised patient powerful quiet relaxed religious responsive searching self-conscious sensible sentimental shy sympathetic tense warm |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (16%) accepting (16%) adaptable (16%) bold (16%) brave (33%) calm (0%) caring (0%) cheerful (16%) clever (0%) complex (16%) confident (33%) dependable (16%) dignified (16%) energetic (16%) extroverted (0%) friendly (16%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (16%) ingenious (50%) intelligent (33%) introverted (16%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (16%) logical (0%) loving (0%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (16%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (16%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (16%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (16%) spontaneous (33%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (16%) warm (0%) wise (33%) witty (50%)
bodilicious thinks: independent, ingenious, observant, witty, complex, able.
tiff thinks: brave, confident, dignified, energetic, proud.
tim thinks: intelligent, wise, trustworthy, witty, friendly, silly.
coco thinks: confident, cheerful, spontaneous, knowledgeable, dependable, brave.
anonymous thinks: bold, ingenious, self-assertive, spontaneous, witty.
a thinks: accepting, adaptable, introverted, ingenious, wise, intelligent.
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