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 Ouroborous's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaidealisticobservant quiet self-conscious sentimental | Blind Spotableaccepting calm complex confident dependable extroverted friendly helpful independent intelligent kind knowledgeable logical mature modest patient reflective searching self-assertive sensible shy warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeintroverted | Unknownadaptable bold brave caring cheerful clever dignified energetic giving happy ingenious loving nervous organised powerful proud relaxed religious responsive silly spontaneous sympathetic tense trustworthy wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (11%) accepting (11%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (33%) caring (0%) cheerful (0%) clever (0%) complex (11%) confident (11%) dependable (22%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (11%) friendly (22%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (22%) idealistic (33%) independent (22%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (11%) introverted (0%) kind (22%) knowledgeable (22%) logical (11%) loving (0%) mature (11%) modest (22%) nervous (0%) observant (22%) organised (0%) patient (22%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (11%) reflective (44%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (33%) self-assertive (22%) self-conscious (11%) sensible (11%) sentimental (44%) shy (22%) silly (0%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (0%) warm (22%) wise (0%) witty (11%)
Celene Tho thinks: quiet, kind, shy, sentimental, helpful, modest.
moolarian thinks: helpful, intelligent, knowledgeable, friendly, dependable, kind.
zhiwei thinks: calm, sensible, sentimental, modest, patient, witty.
Mervyn!! thinks: independent, searching, observant, extroverted, reflective, self-assertive.
anonymous thinks: self-conscious, reflective, warm, dependable, confident.
anonymous thinks: accepting, warm, friendly, calm, mature, patient.
Kelvin Cher thinks: complex, idealistic, reflective, logical, sentimental, searching.
Mervyn Spears thinks: idealistic, observant, searching, sentimental, reflective, self-assertive.
fen thinks: calm, able, independent, knowledgeable, shy, idealistic.
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