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 Calavera's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaconfidentknowledgeable organised | Blind Spotablecalm cheerful clever dependable energetic friendly happy helpful idealistic intelligent logical mature nervous observant reflective responsive self-assertive sensible shy silly spontaneous warm |
| Not Known to Others | Façadedignifiedextroverted | Unknownaccepting adaptable bold brave caring complex giving independent ingenious introverted kind loving modest patient powerful proud quiet relaxed religious searching self-conscious sentimental sympathetic tense trustworthy wise witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (25%) accepting (0%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (12%) caring (0%) cheerful (37%) clever (37%) complex (0%) confident (50%) dependable (12%) dignified (0%) energetic (25%) extroverted (0%) friendly (37%) giving (0%) happy (25%) helpful (25%) idealistic (12%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (12%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (37%) logical (12%) loving (0%) mature (12%) modest (0%) nervous (12%) observant (12%) organised (12%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (25%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (12%) searching (0%) self-assertive (12%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (12%) sentimental (0%) shy (12%) silly (12%) spontaneous (25%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (0%) warm (12%) wise (0%) witty (0%)
JohnHawk thinks: friendly, shy, calm, clever, helpful, mature.
yi feng thinks: friendly, logical, spontaneous, responsive, confident.
areno thinks: able, cheerful, clever, energetic, knowledgeable, reflective.
Eva thinks: friendly, clever, helpful, happy, observant.
caring thinks: energetic, intelligent, silly, cheerful, confident.
weipeng thinks: cheerful, confident, happy, knowledgeable, warm.
Nobody thinks: dependable, reflective, self-assertive, nervous, sensible, confident.
PJS thinks: able, spontaneous, organised, knowledgeable, idealistic.
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