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 Spindlewine's.
Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
Known to Others | Arenaadaptableclever intelligent sensible | Blind Spotacceptingbrave complex happy independent knowledgeable loving mature observant relaxed silly spontaneous trustworthy witty |
Not Known to Others | Façadefriendly | Unknownable bold calm caring cheerful confident dependable dignified energetic extroverted giving helpful idealistic ingenious introverted kind logical modest nervous organised patient powerful proud quiet reflective religious responsive searching self-assertive self-conscious sentimental shy sympathetic tense warm wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) |
able (0%) accepting (33%) adaptable (33%) bold (0%) brave (33%) calm (0%) caring (0%) cheerful (0%) clever (33%) complex (33%) confident (0%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (0%) giving (0%) happy (33%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (33%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (33%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (33%) logical (0%) loving (33%) mature (33%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (33%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (33%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (33%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (33%) spontaneous (33%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (33%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (33%)
Graham thinks: spontaneous, happy, accepting, observant, silly, complex.
mysticfox1 thinks: adaptable, independent, witty, trustworthy, sensible, knowledgeable.
cootie thinks: loving, mature, relaxed, intelligent, brave, clever.
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