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 Janet N's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaloving | Blind Spotableaccepting adaptable brave caring cheerful dependable friendly giving idealistic independent ingenious intelligent knowledgeable logical mature organised quiet self-assertive self-conscious sensible shy spontaneous trustworthy witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadecomplexobservant reflective warm wise | Unknownbold calm clever confident dignified energetic extroverted happy helpful introverted kind modest nervous patient powerful proud relaxed religious responsive searching sentimental silly sympathetic tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (20%) accepting (20%) adaptable (40%) bold (0%) brave (20%) calm (0%) caring (20%) cheerful (20%) clever (0%) complex (0%) confident (0%) dependable (20%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (20%) giving (40%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (20%) independent (40%) ingenious (20%) intelligent (20%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (20%) logical (20%) loving (20%) mature (20%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (20%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (20%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (20%) self-conscious (20%) sensible (20%) sentimental (0%) shy (20%) silly (0%) spontaneous (20%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (20%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (20%)
Slackateer thinks: quiet, witty, able, giving, self-conscious, sensible.
dodgyhoodoo thinks: loving, intelligent, spontaneous, caring, idealistic, adaptable.
Jill thinks: brave, dependable, giving, ingenious, knowledgeable, self-assertive.
Ahmed thinks: accepting, adaptable, cheerful, independent, logical, trustworthy.
Doyin thinks: shy, friendly, independent, organised, mature.
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