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 Fran DePalma's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaboldconfident independent mature | Blind Spotableaccepting brave caring cheerful clever energetic friendly giving happy helpful intelligent knowledgeable loving observant self-assertive sentimental silly trustworthy warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadelogicalorganised | Unknownadaptable calm complex dependable dignified extroverted idealistic ingenious introverted kind modest nervous patient powerful proud quiet reflective relaxed religious responsive searching self-conscious sensible shy spontaneous sympathetic tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (14%) accepting (28%) adaptable (0%) bold (42%) brave (28%) calm (0%) caring (28%) cheerful (14%) clever (14%) complex (0%) confident (14%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (28%) extroverted (0%) friendly (14%) giving (14%) happy (14%) helpful (14%) idealistic (0%) independent (42%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (42%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (14%) logical (0%) loving (28%) mature (14%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (14%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (14%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (14%) shy (0%) silly (14%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (14%) warm (14%) wise (0%) witty (42%)
AshleyP. thinks: bold, happy, friendly, loving, witty, confident.
Jessica thinks: bold, brave, witty, silly, knowledgeable.
paul halabu thinks: sentimental, able, self-assertive, observant, energetic.
Samantha thinks: intelligent, helpful, clever, independent, accepting.
Nick O thinks: independent, caring, loving, energetic, brave.
Kayla thinks: accepting, caring, warm, witty, intelligent, cheerful.
Ashley thinks: mature, independent, intelligent, giving, bold, trustworthy.
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