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 Jennifer W.K.'s.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaintelligentmodest organised silly | Blind Spotablecaring clever complex friendly giving knowledgeable loving nervous observant reflective sensible shy spontaneous trustworthy witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeintrovertedpatient | Unknownaccepting adaptable bold brave calm cheerful confident dependable dignified energetic extroverted happy helpful idealistic independent ingenious kind logical mature powerful proud quiet relaxed religious responsive searching self-assertive self-conscious sentimental sympathetic tense warm wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
60% of people think that Jennifer W.K. is shy
able (40%) accepting (0%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (20%) cheerful (0%) clever (40%) complex (20%) confident (0%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (20%) giving (40%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (20%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (20%) logical (0%) loving (20%) mature (0%) modest (20%) nervous (20%) observant (40%) organised (40%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (20%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (20%) sentimental (0%) shy (60%) silly (40%) spontaneous (20%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (40%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (20%)
Brianne thinks: trustworthy, organised, giving, sensible, witty, silly.
Michael thinks: shy, knowledgeable, nervous, organised, intelligent, friendly.
mmm hmm thinks: loving, silly, shy, trustworthy, modest, clever.
Jamie thinks: caring, complex, giving, observant, shy, able.
fake name thinks: clever, able, reflective, observant, spontaneous.
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