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 Carv's.
Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
Known to Others | Arenaindependent | Blind Spotablecaring cheerful complex energetic happy kind knowledgeable logical powerful proud relaxed self-assertive sensible silly spontaneous warm witty |
Not Known to Others | Façadefriendlyhelpful religious trustworthy | Unknownaccepting adaptable bold brave calm clever confident dependable dignified extroverted giving idealistic ingenious intelligent introverted loving mature modest nervous observant organised patient quiet reflective responsive searching self-conscious sentimental shy sympathetic tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) |
able (20%) accepting (0%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (20%) cheerful (40%) clever (0%) complex (20%) confident (0%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (40%) extroverted (0%) friendly (0%) giving (0%) happy (20%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (20%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (0%) introverted (0%) kind (40%) knowledgeable (20%) logical (20%) loving (0%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (20%) proud (40%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (20%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (40%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (20%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (20%) spontaneous (40%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (0%) warm (20%) wise (0%) witty (40%)
Jake thinks: cheerful, energetic, relaxed, caring, kind.
Henkie thinks: complex, self-assertive, proud, knowledgeable, witty.
Henke thinks: sensible, witty, self-assertive, logical, proud, independent.
xofek thinks: happy, cheerful, warm, spontaneous, powerful.
james thinks: energetic, spontaneous, silly, kind, able.
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