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 Thaydra's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaacceptingloving sympathetic trustworthy | Blind Spotableadaptable brave caring cheerful complex friendly giving helpful idealistic independent intelligent kind logical mature observant patient powerful reflective religious searching self-conscious silly warm |
| Not Known to Others | Façadecalmintroverted | Unknownbold clever confident dependable dignified energetic extroverted happy ingenious knowledgeable modest nervous organised proud quiet relaxed responsive self-assertive sensible sentimental shy spontaneous tense wise witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (18%) accepting (36%) adaptable (18%) bold (0%) brave (18%) calm (0%) caring (45%) cheerful (9%) clever (0%) complex (9%) confident (0%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (36%) giving (27%) happy (0%) helpful (18%) idealistic (9%) independent (9%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (36%) introverted (0%) kind (36%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (9%) loving (45%) mature (9%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (9%) organised (0%) patient (9%) powerful (18%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (9%) relaxed (0%) religious (9%) responsive (0%) searching (45%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (18%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (9%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (9%) tense (0%) trustworthy (27%) warm (27%) wise (0%) witty (0%)
Diana thinks: friendly, independent, kind, loving, giving, accepting.
Lyle thinks: adaptable, loving, searching, self-conscious, caring.
Sarah thinks: warm, reflective, complex, accepting, caring, searching.
Dustin thinks: silly, intelligent, religious, loving, logical, mature.
mel thinks: caring, cheerful, brave, searching, warm, giving.
marissa thinks: accepting, trustworthy, brave, loving, searching, powerful.
Lea Ann thinks: observant, self-conscious, intelligent, trustworthy, caring, powerful.
Bethany thinks: friendly, accepting, warm, helpful, kind, sympathetic.
KENDRA thinks: caring, giving, kind, searching, friendly, patient.
Bea thinks: able, intelligent, trustworthy, helpful, loving, idealistic.
anonymous thinks: kind, adaptable, able, friendly, intelligent.
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