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