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 hyacynth's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacheerfulfriendly independent shy | Blind Spotacceptingcaring clever complex confident dependable giving helpful intelligent kind knowledgeable loving nervous observant religious responsive searching self-conscious sentimental sympathetic tense trustworthy warm |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeintrovertedsilly | Unknownable adaptable bold brave calm dignified energetic extroverted happy idealistic ingenious logical mature modest organised patient powerful proud quiet reflective relaxed self-assertive sensible spontaneous wise witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (14%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (14%) cheerful (42%) clever (14%) complex (14%) confident (14%) dependable (28%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (28%) giving (14%) happy (0%) helpful (42%) idealistic (0%) independent (14%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (42%) introverted (0%) kind (14%) knowledgeable (14%) logical (0%) loving (28%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (14%) observant (28%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (14%) responsive (14%) searching (28%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (14%) sensible (0%) sentimental (14%) shy (14%) silly (0%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (14%) tense (14%) trustworthy (14%) warm (28%) wise (0%) witty (0%)
janice thinks: giving, warm, searching, caring, intelligent.
billydee thinks: loving, dependable, friendly, shy, helpful.
weng thinks: cheerful, confident, friendly, intelligent, independent, kind.
jqo thinks: sympathetic, cheerful, knowledgeable, warm, responsive, intelligent.
noname thinks: accepting, complex, nervous, sentimental, tense, helpful.
MarkusPogi thinks: trustworthy, helpful, observant, dependable, cheerful, searching.
jinky thinks: loving, self-conscious, observant, religious, clever.
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