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 Laurie99's.
Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
Known to Others | Arenacomplexdependable observant trustworthy | Blind Spotacceptingbold brave caring cheerful confident energetic friendly giving helpful intelligent loving patient self-assertive silly spontaneous |
Not Known to Others | Façadeadaptableindependent | Unknownable calm clever dignified extroverted happy idealistic ingenious introverted kind knowledgeable logical mature modest nervous organised powerful proud quiet reflective relaxed religious responsive searching self-conscious sensible sentimental shy sympathetic tense warm wise witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) |
able (0%) accepting (20%) adaptable (0%) bold (40%) brave (20%) calm (0%) caring (40%) cheerful (20%) clever (0%) complex (20%) confident (40%) dependable (20%) dignified (0%) energetic (20%) extroverted (0%) friendly (40%) giving (40%) happy (0%) helpful (20%) idealistic (0%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (20%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (40%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (20%) organised (0%) patient (20%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (20%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (20%) spontaneous (20%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (20%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (0%)
Mike thinks: friendly, silly, intelligent, loving, complex.
Miranda thinks: confident, accepting, cheerful, spontaneous, brave.
radiogirl thinks: caring, energetic, helpful, bold, giving.
Laura thinks: bold, observant, friendly, confident, self-assertive.
grant thinks: caring, giving, dependable, trustworthy, loving, patient.
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