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 CHS's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaindependentloving trustworthy | Blind Spotadaptablebold brave caring clever confident dependable energetic happy helpful intelligent introverted kind knowledgeable logical mature organised self-assertive sensible spontaneous sympathetic warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeobservantself-conscious sentimental | Unknownable accepting calm cheerful complex dignified extroverted friendly giving idealistic ingenious modest nervous patient powerful proud quiet reflective relaxed religious responsive searching shy silly tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (0%) adaptable (16%) bold (16%) brave (16%) calm (0%) caring (16%) cheerful (0%) clever (33%) complex (0%) confident (33%) dependable (33%) dignified (0%) energetic (33%) extroverted (0%) friendly (0%) giving (0%) happy (16%) helpful (16%) idealistic (0%) independent (50%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (16%) introverted (16%) kind (16%) knowledgeable (33%) logical (33%) loving (16%) mature (16%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (16%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (33%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (16%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (16%) sympathetic (16%) tense (0%) trustworthy (33%) warm (16%) wise (0%) witty (16%)
fenny thinks: sympathetic, organised, intelligent, trustworthy, logical, independent.
SL Sie thinks: independent, clever, energetic, spontaneous, self-assertive, logical.
Shirly thinks: knowledgeable, brave, trustworthy, caring, confident, bold.
Manoj thinks: clever, helpful, introverted, kind, loving, witty.
Terry thinks: dependable, happy, mature, knowledgeable, sensible, confident.
Beng Choo thinks: adaptable, independent, self-assertive, warm, energetic, dependable.
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