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 TMH's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arena | Blind Spotacceptingbold cheerful clever complex dependable energetic extroverted friendly giving idealistic independent loving observant patient reflective relaxed religious self-assertive sensible silly spontaneous trustworthy warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownable adaptable brave calm caring confident dignified happy helpful ingenious intelligent introverted kind knowledgeable logical mature modest nervous organised powerful proud quiet responsive searching self-conscious sentimental shy sympathetic tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (12%) adaptable (0%) bold (25%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (0%) cheerful (25%) clever (37%) complex (12%) confident (0%) dependable (25%) dignified (0%) energetic (25%) extroverted (25%) friendly (12%) giving (37%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (12%) independent (12%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (0%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (37%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (25%) organised (0%) patient (25%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (12%) relaxed (12%) religious (12%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (12%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (25%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (50%) spontaneous (37%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (25%) warm (25%) wise (0%) witty (12%)
jenny thinks: bold, complex, idealistic, sensible, silly, relaxed.
gogo thinks: dependable, giving, trustworthy, loving, spontaneous, religious.
Izzy thinks: friendly, accepting, dependable, silly, loving, energetic.
duhh thinks: observant, bold, independent, spontaneous, silly, trustworthy.
pooky thinks: extroverted, giving, cheerful, , clever, warm.
pooky2 thinks: cheerful, extroverted, giving, sensible, spontaneous, warm.
Toe thinks: , loving, self-assertive, patient, clever, energetic.
Stacey thinks: observant, reflective, patient, clever, witty, silly.
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