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 Spritzy's.
Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
Known to Others | Arenaadaptableindependent self-assertive | Blind Spotacceptingcaring clever confident dependable energetic friendly happy intelligent knowledgeable logical loving responsive sensible sentimental sympathetic trustworthy warm witty |
Not Known to Others | Façadecomplexidealistic silly | Unknownable bold brave calm cheerful dignified extroverted giving helpful ingenious introverted kind mature modest nervous observant organised patient powerful proud quiet reflective relaxed religious searching self-conscious shy spontaneous tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) |
able (0%) accepting (20%) adaptable (20%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (20%) cheerful (0%) clever (20%) complex (0%) confident (20%) dependable (20%) dignified (0%) energetic (20%) extroverted (0%) friendly (40%) giving (0%) happy (40%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (20%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (20%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (20%) logical (40%) loving (20%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (20%) searching (0%) self-assertive (20%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (20%) sentimental (40%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (40%) tense (0%) trustworthy (20%) warm (20%) wise (0%) witty (20%)
chasingthewind thinks: adaptable, caring, sentimental, sensible, independent.
Captain Kirk thinks: friendly, logical, self-assertive, responsive, energetic.
Darkle thinks: dependable, happy, intelligent, warm, sympathetic, confident.
spinthemoon thinks: friendly, knowledgeable, clever, witty, sentimental.
Sara thinks: accepting, trustworthy, logical, loving, sympathetic, happy.
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