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 gaild's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaadaptablecaring friendly loving | Blind Spotableaccepting brave confident dependable giving helpful idealistic independent kind knowledgeable modest nervous patient quiet searching self-conscious sentimental shy sympathetic tense trustworthy wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadecomplexintelligent | Unknownbold calm cheerful clever dignified energetic extroverted happy ingenious introverted logical mature observant organised powerful proud reflective relaxed religious responsive self-assertive sensible silly spontaneous warm |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (10%) accepting (20%) adaptable (10%) bold (0%) brave (20%) calm (0%) caring (20%) cheerful (0%) clever (0%) complex (0%) confident (10%) dependable (20%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (30%) giving (40%) happy (0%) helpful (10%) idealistic (10%) independent (20%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (0%) introverted (0%) kind (30%) knowledgeable (20%) logical (0%) loving (20%) mature (0%) modest (10%) nervous (20%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (10%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (10%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (30%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (30%) sensible (0%) sentimental (10%) shy (10%) silly (0%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (30%) tense (10%) trustworthy (30%) warm (0%) wise (10%) witty (30%)
anonymous thinks: caring, kind, modest, self-conscious, patient.
luckyjess thinks: adaptable, independent, knowledgeable, witty, brave.
anonymous thinks: sympathetic, wise, witty, friendly, loving.
Karen thinks: independent, trustworthy, giving, loving, friendly, knowledgeable.
anonymous thinks: sympathetic, caring, kind, trustworthy, giving.
your hoo ha thinks: searching, quiet, shy, nervous, idealistic.
anonymous thinks: sentimental, brave, sympathetic, giving, helpful, accepting.
anonymous thinks: dependable, self-conscious, trustworthy, searching, able.
olu anonymous thinks: kind, confident, dependable, giving, friendly, accepting.
haha thinks: nervous, tense, searching, witty, self-conscious.
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