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 Dave Munger's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaconfidentfriendly independent intelligent reflective | Blind Spotableadaptable bold calm caring clever dependable extroverted happy idealistic knowledgeable loving mature patient relaxed religious responsive searching self-assertive sensible spontaneous sympathetic trustworthy wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeself-conscious | Unknownaccepting brave cheerful complex dignified energetic giving helpful ingenious introverted kind logical modest nervous observant organised powerful proud quiet sentimental shy silly tense warm |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
70% of people agree that Dave Munger is intelligent
able (20%) accepting (0%) adaptable (20%) bold (10%) brave (0%) calm (20%) caring (10%) cheerful (0%) clever (20%) complex (0%) confident (20%) dependable (10%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (10%) friendly (50%) giving (0%) happy (10%) helpful (0%) idealistic (10%) independent (10%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (70%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (40%) logical (0%) loving (20%) mature (20%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (10%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (10%) relaxed (10%) religious (10%) responsive (10%) searching (10%) self-assertive (10%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (30%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (10%) sympathetic (20%) tense (0%) trustworthy (10%) warm (0%) wise (10%) witty (40%)
Anne Fernald thinks: idealistic, intelligent, friendly, trustworthy, adaptable, sympathetic.
Pat thinks: intelligent, able, caring, friendly, knowledgeable, sensible.
Athena thinks: happy, intelligent, loving, confident, witty.
Nora thinks: loving, relaxed, sensible, witty, knowledgeable, mature.
Jim thinks: calm, friendly, dependable, intelligent, witty, clever.
Doug thinks: reflective, intelligent, mature, searching, knowledgeable.
Jerry thinks: bold, intelligent, self-assertive, extroverted, clever, adaptable.
Jen thinks: intelligent, responsive, knowledgeable, patient, friendly.
dthyr thinks: able, calm, confident, friendly, independent.
a thinks: religious, sensible, sympathetic, witty, wise, spontaneous.
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