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 SierraN's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenalovingorganised sentimental shy | Blind Spotacceptingadaptable bold clever friendly happy idealistic independent intelligent knowledgeable mature nervous proud searching self-assertive silly sympathetic trustworthy warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeintrovertedmodest | Unknownable brave calm caring cheerful complex confident dependable dignified energetic extroverted giving helpful ingenious kind logical observant patient powerful quiet reflective relaxed religious responsive self-conscious sensible spontaneous tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (16%) adaptable (16%) bold (16%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (0%) cheerful (0%) clever (16%) complex (0%) confident (0%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (50%) giving (0%) happy (16%) helpful (0%) idealistic (33%) independent (16%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (16%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (33%) logical (0%) loving (50%) mature (33%) modest (0%) nervous (16%) observant (0%) organised (16%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (33%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (33%) self-assertive (16%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (33%) shy (16%) silly (16%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (33%) tense (0%) trustworthy (33%) warm (16%) wise (0%) witty (16%)
ktbee thinks: idealistic, loving, nervous, searching, sympathetic, proud.
bec thinks: mature, friendly, knowledgeable, silly, trustworthy, happy.
squyd thinks: intelligent, friendly, accepting, mature, loving, witty.
Alan thinks: loving, independent, knowledgeable, shy, warm, adaptable.
Ratatat thinks: proud, sentimental, self-assertive, clever, bold, sympathetic.
Starfire thinks: organised, idealistic, friendly, sentimental, trustworthy, searching.
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