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 Raquita's.
Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
Known to Others | Arenaintelligentproud sentimental witty | Blind Spotableaccepting bold caring cheerful clever confident energetic extroverted friendly happy mature powerful reflective self-assertive warm wise |
Not Known to Others | Façadecomplexdependable | Unknownadaptable brave calm dignified giving helpful idealistic independent ingenious introverted kind knowledgeable logical loving modest nervous observant organised patient quiet relaxed religious responsive searching self-conscious sensible shy silly spontaneous sympathetic tense trustworthy |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) |
able (16%) accepting (16%) adaptable (0%) bold (33%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (50%) cheerful (33%) clever (50%) complex (0%) confident (50%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (16%) extroverted (16%) friendly (33%) giving (0%) happy (33%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (16%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (0%) mature (16%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (16%) proud (33%) quiet (0%) reflective (16%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (16%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (16%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (0%) warm (16%) wise (33%) witty (16%)
chelle thinks: happy, confident, friendly, clever, powerful, witty.
eden thinks: confident, self-assertive, proud, bold, wise.
Gretchen thinks: clever, cheerful, caring, happy, friendly.
Sonya thinks: caring, cheerful, able, confident, energetic.
CousinSarah thinks: accepting, bold, clever, mature, reflective, caring.
Clare thinks: extroverted, sentimental, proud, intelligent, warm, wise.
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