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 Nitika Nagpal's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacaringcheerful extroverted intelligent self-conscious sentimental | Blind Spotableadaptable brave clever dependable dignified energetic friendly giving helpful idealistic logical loving mature observant searching spontaneous warm |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownaccepting bold calm complex confident happy independent ingenious introverted kind knowledgeable modest nervous organised patient powerful proud quiet reflective relaxed religious responsive self-assertive sensible shy silly sympathetic tense trustworthy wise witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (20%) accepting (0%) adaptable (40%) bold (0%) brave (20%) calm (0%) caring (20%) cheerful (20%) clever (20%) complex (0%) confident (0%) dependable (20%) dignified (20%) energetic (40%) extroverted (20%) friendly (20%) giving (20%) happy (0%) helpful (20%) idealistic (20%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (20%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (20%) loving (20%) mature (40%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (20%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (40%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (40%) sensible (0%) sentimental (20%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (40%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (0%) warm (20%) wise (0%) witty (0%)
Horsie thinks: warm, clever, brave, mature, giving, loving.
sivananth thinks: cheerful, helpful, adaptable, caring, spontaneous, energetic.
Fatty thinks: adaptable, extroverted, friendly, mature, dignified, logical.
Ankur Jain thinks: able, searching, spontaneous, intelligent, energetic, self-conscious.
Niki_2yearinto the future thinks: sentimental, dependable, observant, searching, self-conscious, idealistic.
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