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 Hyperion Institute's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacomplexidealistic knowledgeable spontaneous | Blind Spotboldclever confident dependable energetic friendly ingenious intelligent logical nervous organised powerful relaxed religious searching self-assertive self-conscious sentimental trustworthy wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeobservant | Unknownable accepting adaptable brave calm caring cheerful dignified extroverted giving happy helpful independent introverted kind loving mature modest patient proud quiet reflective responsive sensible shy silly sympathetic tense warm |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
66% of people agree that Hyperion Institute is complex
able (0%) accepting (0%) adaptable (0%) bold (22%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (0%) cheerful (0%) clever (33%) complex (66%) confident (22%) dependable (11%) dignified (0%) energetic (11%) extroverted (0%) friendly (11%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (44%) independent (0%) ingenious (22%) intelligent (44%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (11%) logical (11%) loving (0%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (11%) observant (0%) organised (22%) patient (0%) powerful (11%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (11%) religious (11%) responsive (0%) searching (11%) self-assertive (33%) self-conscious (11%) sensible (0%) sentimental (22%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (22%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (22%) warm (0%) wise (22%) witty (22%)
Kaida thinks: bold, complex, logical, idealistic, spontaneous.
Lainie thinks: bold, clever, ingenious, sentimental, trustworthy, witty.
Tracy Lynn thinks: intelligent, idealistic, clever, self-conscious, complex, trustworthy.
Me thinks: powerful, relaxed, organised, complex, confident.
Sea Hag thinks: clever, complex, idealistic, self-assertive, intelligent.
LJS thinks: complex, intelligent, nervous, searching, wise.
sara jochums thinks: confident, sentimental, idealistic, dependable, knowledgeable, self-assertive.
Koz thinks: complex, witty, wise, spontaneous, intelligent, religious.
elessar thinks: energetic, organised, ingenious, friendly, self-assertive.
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