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 gniygniy's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacalmdependable independent logical mature | Blind Spotadaptablecaring cheerful clever confident friendly giving happy helpful idealistic modest organised patient reflective relaxed sensible silly trustworthy witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeself-conscious | Unknownable accepting bold brave complex dignified energetic extroverted ingenious intelligent introverted kind knowledgeable loving nervous observant powerful proud quiet religious responsive searching self-assertive sentimental shy spontaneous sympathetic tense warm wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (0%) adaptable (16%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (16%) caring (16%) cheerful (33%) clever (33%) complex (0%) confident (33%) dependable (16%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (16%) giving (16%) happy (16%) helpful (16%) idealistic (16%) independent (50%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (0%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (16%) loving (0%) mature (16%) modest (16%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (16%) patient (33%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (16%) relaxed (16%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (50%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (33%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (33%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (16%)
yingr thinks: cheerful, caring, independent, mature, sensible, silly.
- thinks: independent, reflective, sensible, idealistic, logical.
tiff thinks: modest, helpful, patient, dependable, trustworthy, giving.
wendy thinks: calm, confident, sensible, silly, patient.
seann! thinks: clever, happy, friendly, relaxed, organised, cheerful.
kate thinks: clever, adaptable, confident, independent, witty, trustworthy.
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