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 Hannah Fish's.
Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
Known to Others | Arenaconfidentenergetic friendly | Blind Spotadaptablebold cheerful extroverted giving happy independent knowledgeable powerful self-assertive sensible silly |
Not Known to Others | Façadehelpfulloving trustworthy | Unknownable accepting brave calm caring clever complex dependable dignified idealistic ingenious intelligent introverted kind logical mature modest nervous observant organised patient proud quiet reflective relaxed religious responsive searching self-conscious sentimental shy spontaneous sympathetic tense warm wise witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) |
able (0%) accepting (0%) adaptable (50%) bold (25%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (0%) cheerful (50%) clever (0%) complex (0%) confident (25%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (50%) extroverted (25%) friendly (50%) giving (25%) happy (25%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (25%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (0%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (25%) logical (0%) loving (0%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (25%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (25%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (25%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (50%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (0%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (0%)
Rach thinks: confident, independent, giving, cheerful, self-assertive.
Kate thinks: energetic, friendly, powerful, silly, bold.
Audrey thinks: silly, knowledgeable, friendly, cheerful, adaptable.
thinks: extroverted, , energetic, happy, adaptable, sensible.
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