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.
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| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arena | Blind Spotacceptingadaptable bold cheerful clever complex confident energetic extroverted friendly giving happy idealistic independent intelligent powerful searching self-assertive silly spontaneous trustworthy warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownable brave calm caring dependable dignified helpful ingenious introverted kind knowledgeable logical loving mature modest nervous observant organised patient proud quiet reflective relaxed religious responsive self-conscious sensible sentimental shy sympathetic tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (28%) adaptable (14%) bold (28%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (0%) cheerful (28%) clever (28%) complex (28%) confident (14%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (28%) extroverted (28%) friendly (42%) giving (14%) happy (42%) helpful (0%) idealistic (14%) independent (28%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (28%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (0%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (14%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (14%) self-assertive (14%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (14%) spontaneous (14%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (14%) warm (14%) wise (14%) witty (42%)
Julia thinks: intelligent, adaptable, cheerful, independent, clever, friendly.
Charl thinks: witty, trustworthy, intelligent, accepting, clever.
brenda thinks: giving, happy, witty, wise, spontaneous, bold.
Lori thinks: accepting, bold, complex, happy, confident, powerful.
Big B thinks: independent, energetic, idealistic, searching, complex.
Dawny G thinks: witty, extroverted, self-assertive, friendly, cheerful.
Lindsay thinks: energetic, warm, extroverted, friendly, happy, silly.
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