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 grchew's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacomplexindependent trustworthy | Blind Spotableadaptable brave calm caring clever confident dependable dignified friendly helpful intelligent knowledgeable mature modest organised patient proud relaxed religious searching spontaneous witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeintrovertedself-conscious sentimental | Unknownaccepting bold cheerful energetic extroverted giving happy idealistic ingenious kind logical loving nervous observant powerful quiet reflective responsive self-assertive sensible shy silly sympathetic tense warm wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (25%) accepting (0%) adaptable (25%) bold (0%) brave (12%) calm (12%) caring (25%) cheerful (0%) clever (12%) complex (12%) confident (12%) dependable (37%) dignified (12%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (25%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (25%) idealistic (0%) independent (37%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (50%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (25%) logical (0%) loving (0%) mature (25%) modest (25%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (25%) patient (12%) powerful (0%) proud (12%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (12%) religious (25%) responsive (0%) searching (12%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (12%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (37%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (12%)
michelle thinks: brave, helpful, relaxed, organised, dependable, calm.
kenJ thinks: able, knowledgeable, dependable, friendly, intelligent, religious.
caryn (only 6? i chose 20!) thinks: caring, dependable, trustworthy, patient, modest, organised.
M-R thinks: confident, intelligent, independent, mature, adaptable.
Xiao_zhai thinks: intelligent, religious, modest, friendly, caring, helpful.
:) thinks: able, knowledgeable, proud, trustworthy, independent.
kat thinks: adaptable, clever, independent, spontaneous, witty.
EH thinks: mature, searching, trustworthy, dignified, intelligent, complex.
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