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 Katzee's.
Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
Known to Others | Arenahappyintelligent loving | Blind Spotadaptablebold brave calm caring cheerful confident dependable dignified energetic friendly giving knowledgeable logical mature organised reflective self-assertive sensible trustworthy witty |
Not Known to Others | Façadeindependentintroverted shy | Unknownable accepting clever complex extroverted helpful idealistic ingenious kind modest nervous observant patient powerful proud quiet relaxed religious responsive searching self-conscious sentimental silly spontaneous sympathetic tense warm wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) |
able (0%) accepting (0%) adaptable (33%) bold (16%) brave (16%) calm (33%) caring (33%) cheerful (16%) clever (0%) complex (0%) confident (16%) dependable (33%) dignified (16%) energetic (16%) extroverted (0%) friendly (33%) giving (16%) happy (33%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (16%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (16%) logical (16%) loving (16%) mature (16%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (33%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (16%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (16%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (50%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (16%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (50%)
tracy thinks: witty, brave, cheerful, happy, knowledgeable, mature.
Nice thinks: witty, adaptable, happy, confident, sensible, dignified.
B! thinks: loving, self-assertive, sensible, friendly, caring, giving.
George thinks: organised, calm, trustworthy, adaptable, dependable, caring.
Lucille thinks: organised, calm, dependable, sensible, logical.
selena thinks: bold, energetic, witty, reflective, friendly, intelligent.
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