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 The AJ's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenafriendlyindependent intelligent relaxed witty | Blind Spotacceptingbold calm caring clever complex idealistic introverted kind knowledgeable logical mature modest proud reflective silly spontaneous sympathetic trustworthy wise |
| Not Known to Others | Façadequiet | Unknownable adaptable brave cheerful confident dependable dignified energetic extroverted giving happy helpful ingenious loving nervous observant organised patient powerful religious responsive searching self-assertive self-conscious sensible sentimental shy tense warm |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
62% of people think that The AJ is spontaneous
able (0%) accepting (37%) adaptable (0%) bold (12%) brave (0%) calm (12%) caring (12%) cheerful (0%) clever (37%) complex (50%) confident (0%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (25%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (12%) independent (12%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (25%) introverted (12%) kind (12%) knowledgeable (25%) logical (12%) loving (0%) mature (12%) modest (12%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (12%) quiet (0%) reflective (12%) relaxed (12%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (37%) spontaneous (62%) sympathetic (12%) tense (0%) trustworthy (25%) warm (0%) wise (25%) witty (37%)
jenn thinks: wise, reflective, intelligent, friendly, accepting.
laura may thinks: modest, kind, complex, mature, proud, spontaneous.
Amber thinks: complex, calm, trustworthy, introverted, silly, witty.
Jacob Jackson thinks: accepting, trustworthy, clever, knowledgeable, sympathetic.
Erica thinks: accepting, caring, clever, intelligent, spontaneous, relaxed.
Citrullo thinks: witty, independent, complex, idealistic, spontaneous, silly.
Alison thinks: knowledgeable, friendly, witty, bold, spontaneous.
Rica thinks: logical, silly, wise, spontaneous, clever, complex.
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