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 Xiao Lao Po's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenahappypatient silly | Blind Spotadaptablecheerful friendly helpful loving organised trustworthy |
| Not Known to Others | Façadecaringquiet | Unknownable accepting bold brave calm clever complex confident dependable dignified energetic extroverted giving idealistic independent ingenious intelligent introverted kind knowledgeable logical mature modest nervous observant powerful proud reflective relaxed religious responsive searching self-assertive self-conscious sensible sentimental shy spontaneous sympathetic tense warm wise witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
66% of people think that Xiao Lao Po is cheerful
100% of people think that Xiao Lao Po is friendly
66% of people agree that Xiao Lao Po is happy
66% of people agree that Xiao Lao Po is patient
66% of people agree that Xiao Lao Po is silly
able (0%) accepting (0%) adaptable (33%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (0%) cheerful (66%) clever (0%) complex (0%) confident (0%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (100%) giving (0%) happy (66%) helpful (33%) idealistic (0%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (0%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (33%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (33%) patient (66%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (66%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (33%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (0%)
Ah Foo thinks: silly, friendly, happy, adaptable, patient.
Xie taitai thinks: cheerful, silly, happy, friendly, loving.
Li Ting thinks: cheerful, friendly, helpful, trustworthy, organised, patient.
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