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 ERTW's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenabolddependable religious shy wise | Blind Spotablecalm cheerful clever energetic friendly helpful ingenious intelligent knowledgeable nervous patient proud sensible sentimental silly spontaneous trustworthy witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadecomplex | Unknownaccepting adaptable brave caring confident dignified extroverted giving happy idealistic independent introverted kind logical loving mature modest observant organised powerful quiet reflective relaxed responsive searching self-assertive self-conscious sympathetic tense warm |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
66% of people think that ERTW is intelligent
able (16%) accepting (0%) adaptable (0%) bold (16%) brave (0%) calm (16%) caring (0%) cheerful (16%) clever (33%) complex (0%) confident (0%) dependable (16%) dignified (0%) energetic (33%) extroverted (0%) friendly (16%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (16%) idealistic (0%) independent (0%) ingenious (16%) intelligent (66%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (33%) logical (0%) loving (0%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (33%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (16%) powerful (0%) proud (16%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (16%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (16%) sentimental (16%) shy (16%) silly (33%) spontaneous (16%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (16%) warm (0%) wise (33%) witty (16%)
Tny thinks: calm, clever, patient, knowledgeable, sentimental, silly.
dsn thinks: able, knowledgeable, sensible, intelligent, helpful.
mel thinks: proud, silly, nervous, bold, energetic.
WolfMan thinks: intelligent, wise, clever, trustworthy, ingenious.
VQ thinks: cheerful, energetic, friendly, intelligent, spontaneous, wise.
joyful thinks: dependable, intelligent, shy, religious, nervous, witty.
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