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 Terrence Nakamura's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacheerfulgiving helpful self-conscious | Blind Spotcalmdependable energetic friendly independent intelligent knowledgeable patient quiet relaxed sensible sentimental shy silly warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeorganisedtrustworthy | Unknownable accepting adaptable bold brave caring clever complex confident dignified extroverted happy idealistic ingenious introverted kind logical loving mature modest nervous observant powerful proud reflective religious responsive searching self-assertive spontaneous sympathetic tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (0%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (20%) caring (0%) cheerful (40%) clever (0%) complex (0%) confident (0%) dependable (40%) dignified (0%) energetic (40%) extroverted (0%) friendly (20%) giving (40%) happy (0%) helpful (40%) idealistic (0%) independent (20%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (20%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (40%) logical (0%) loving (0%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (20%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (20%) reflective (0%) relaxed (20%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (20%) sensible (20%) sentimental (20%) shy (20%) silly (40%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (0%) warm (40%) wise (0%) witty (20%)
raffy the giraffe thinks: intelligent, cheerful, energetic, silly, knowledgeable, independent.
Zhou thinks: cheerful, dependable, knowledgeable, witty, sentimental.
Polar bear thinks: giving, friendly, patient, relaxed, energetic, warm.
who.do.u.think.i.am.ne?lol. thinks: helpful, calm, shy, silly, sensible, quiet.
miss black-n-white thinks: giving, self-conscious, dependable, warm, helpful.
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