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