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