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 chinburd's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaadaptableidealistic independent nervous | Blind Spotableaccepting brave caring cheerful clever complex confident dependable friendly giving ingenious intelligent introverted kind logical loving mature modest observant reflective self-conscious shy silly sympathetic trustworthy warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeproudtense | Unknownbold calm dignified energetic extroverted happy helpful knowledgeable organised patient powerful quiet relaxed religious responsive searching self-assertive sensible sentimental spontaneous |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (10%) accepting (20%) adaptable (10%) bold (0%) brave (10%) calm (0%) caring (50%) cheerful (20%) clever (10%) complex (20%) confident (10%) dependable (10%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (30%) giving (20%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (10%) independent (10%) ingenious (20%) intelligent (30%) introverted (20%) kind (20%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (10%) loving (40%) mature (10%) modest (20%) nervous (10%) observant (10%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (10%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (30%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (10%) silly (30%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (10%) tense (0%) trustworthy (30%) warm (10%) wise (20%) witty (10%)
Arthur thinks: loving, intelligent, dependable, trustworthy, warm, silly.
Evan thinks: caring, clever, kind, brave, modest, witty.
Jamie thinks: accepting, cheerful, ingenious, introverted, independent, adaptable.
Kris thinks: friendly, shy, logical, giving, caring, accepting.
Kit thinks: intelligent, complex, mature, self-conscious, nervous, silly.
Jen thinks: reflective, silly, friendly, confident, cheerful, wise.
Mary-Beth thinks: intelligent, caring, friendly, self-conscious, modest, idealistic.
Uhhhhhh....DAN thinks: loving, able, complex, self-conscious, kind.
heiders thinks: trustworthy, sympathetic, introverted, giving, loving, caring.
Tigre Pacifica thinks: caring, trustworthy, ingenious, wise, observant, loving.
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