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 Rockie's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacaringindependent organised searching self-conscious witty | Blind Spotableadaptable bold complex confident dependable dignified energetic friendly idealistic logical nervous observant reflective sentimental silly spontaneous tense trustworthy warm |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownaccepting brave calm cheerful clever extroverted giving happy helpful ingenious intelligent introverted kind knowledgeable loving mature modest patient powerful proud quiet relaxed religious responsive self-assertive sensible shy sympathetic wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (14%) accepting (0%) adaptable (14%) bold (14%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (28%) cheerful (0%) clever (0%) complex (14%) confident (28%) dependable (42%) dignified (14%) energetic (14%) extroverted (0%) friendly (42%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (28%) independent (14%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (0%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (14%) loving (0%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (14%) observant (28%) organised (14%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (28%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (14%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (14%) sensible (0%) sentimental (14%) shy (0%) silly (28%) spontaneous (42%) sympathetic (0%) tense (14%) trustworthy (14%) warm (14%) wise (0%) witty (42%)
Alex thinks: dependable, witty, warm, independent, reflective, spontaneous.
evelyn thinks: reflective, searching, dependable, idealistic, spontaneous, nervous.
akw thinks: friendly, complex, witty, sentimental, silly.
chiu thinks: tense, bold, dignified, confident, logical, observant.
Junjie thinks: dependable, witty, adaptable, caring, friendly.
qi thinks: caring, energetic, silly, spontaneous, friendly, idealistic.
starnite thinks: observant, trustworthy, self-conscious, organised, confident, able.
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