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 KahPhoon's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacalmgiving helpful searching | Blind Spotacceptingadaptable caring cheerful complex confident dependable energetic friendly happy intelligent kind knowledgeable loving organised proud self-assertive sentimental spontaneous warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadenervous | Unknownable bold brave clever dignified extroverted idealistic independent ingenious introverted logical mature modest observant patient powerful quiet reflective relaxed religious responsive self-conscious sensible shy silly sympathetic tense trustworthy wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (28%) adaptable (14%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (28%) caring (28%) cheerful (14%) clever (0%) complex (14%) confident (14%) dependable (14%) dignified (0%) energetic (14%) extroverted (0%) friendly (42%) giving (42%) happy (14%) helpful (42%) idealistic (0%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (14%) introverted (0%) kind (28%) knowledgeable (14%) logical (0%) loving (28%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (14%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (14%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (14%) self-assertive (14%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (14%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (28%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (0%) warm (42%) wise (0%) witty (14%)
jason lee thinks: spontaneous, adaptable, complex, organised, witty.
rosanne thinks: giving, helpful, accepting, caring, searching, sentimental.
joanne:):) thinks: friendly, giving, self-assertive, knowledgeable, warm, helpful.
ea thinks: friendly, loving, warm, kind, cheerful.
stephy thinks: helpful, giving, intelligent, dependable, kind, loving.
fourdollars thinks: happy, accepting, warm, spontaneous, calm, calm.
anonymous thinks: proud, caring, confident, friendly, energetic.
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