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 KrissyP's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaindependentrelaxed spontaneous | Blind Spotableaccepting adaptable bold clever energetic friendly idealistic intelligent mature self-assertive sentimental shy trustworthy |
| Not Known to Others | Façadecalmloving observant | Unknownbrave caring cheerful complex confident dependable dignified extroverted giving happy helpful ingenious introverted kind knowledgeable logical modest nervous organised patient powerful proud quiet reflective religious responsive searching self-conscious sensible silly sympathetic tense warm wise witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (25%) accepting (25%) adaptable (25%) bold (25%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (0%) cheerful (0%) clever (25%) complex (0%) confident (0%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (50%) extroverted (0%) friendly (50%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (25%) independent (50%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (50%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (0%) mature (50%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (25%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (25%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (50%) shy (25%) silly (0%) spontaneous (25%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (25%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (0%)
John thinks: sentimental, friendly, mature, intelligent, independent.
Jess thinks: bold, clever, energetic, independent, friendly, able.
Joostine thinks: sentimental, energetic, idealistic, self-assertive, spontaneous, adaptable.
me thinks: accepting, intelligent, trustworthy, shy, mature, relaxed.
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