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 Poh Lynn's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaindependentspontaneous warm | Blind Spotableaccepting bold brave calm caring cheerful clever complex confident dependable dignified energetic friendly helpful idealistic intelligent kind logical mature nervous observant organised proud reflective religious self-assertive sensible shy silly tense trustworthy wise |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeadaptablegiving self-conscious | Unknownextroverted happy ingenious introverted knowledgeable loving modest patient powerful quiet relaxed responsive searching sentimental sympathetic witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
60% of people agree that Poh Lynn is independent
able (13%) accepting (6%) adaptable (0%) bold (6%) brave (6%) calm (6%) caring (26%) cheerful (20%) clever (6%) complex (13%) confident (33%) dependable (40%) dignified (6%) energetic (26%) extroverted (0%) friendly (20%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (13%) idealistic (6%) independent (60%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (6%) introverted (0%) kind (6%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (13%) loving (0%) mature (40%) modest (0%) nervous (6%) observant (13%) organised (20%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (6%) quiet (0%) reflective (6%) relaxed (0%) religious (6%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (6%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (33%) sentimental (0%) shy (6%) silly (13%) spontaneous (6%) sympathetic (0%) tense (13%) trustworthy (26%) warm (20%) wise (13%) witty (0%)
Bryan thinks: dependable, independent, shy, proud, helpful, mature.
WanZ thinks: able, complex, independent, sensible, dependable, trustworthy.
julian thinks: cheerful, confident, independent, energetic, idealistic, self-assertive.
anonymous thinks: mature, independent, able, energetic, dependable, bold.
MeL* thinks: calm, friendly, kind, organised, sensible.
Jenn Huei thinks: caring, warm, friendly, cheerful, helpful.
vicky thinks: mature, wise, independent, caring, reflective.
Shannon thinks: tense, mature, dependable, organised, nervous, caring.
yiv thinks: dependable, independent, sensible, trustworthy, warm, confident.
Assam thinks: mature, dependable, warm, intelligent, friendly, trustworthy.
Albert thinks: accepting, complex, mature, silly, spontaneous, trustworthy.
may kuen thinks: tense, cheerful, dignified, energetic, sensible, independent.
ANDREW KOH BOON EE!!! thinks: clever, brave, logical, religious, confident, independent.
apeman thinks: independent, confident, wise, silly, observant, sensible.
SS thinks: organised, energetic, observant, confident, logical, caring.
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