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 itsbo's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacomplexindependent intelligent loving | Blind Spotadaptablebold brave confident energetic giving happy idealistic kind powerful reflective relaxed self-assertive sentimental trustworthy warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadecaringsilly | Unknownable accepting calm cheerful clever dependable dignified extroverted friendly helpful ingenious introverted knowledgeable logical mature modest nervous observant organised patient proud quiet religious responsive searching self-conscious sensible shy spontaneous sympathetic tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (0%) adaptable (16%) bold (16%) brave (16%) calm (0%) caring (0%) cheerful (0%) clever (0%) complex (16%) confident (33%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (33%) extroverted (0%) friendly (0%) giving (33%) happy (16%) helpful (0%) idealistic (16%) independent (50%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (50%) introverted (0%) kind (16%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (50%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (16%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (50%) relaxed (16%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (33%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (16%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (50%) warm (16%) wise (0%) witty (16%)
nrgibby thinks: independent, trustworthy, intelligent, witty, giving, loving.
e$ thinks: adaptable, reflective, energetic, complex, independent, loving.
Karen thinks: trustworthy, giving, kind, relaxed, happy, loving.
Dilay thinks: self-assertive, trustworthy, intelligent, reflective, energetic, brave.
a blog fan from oz! thinks: warm, intelligent, reflective, confident, sentimental.
Michelle thinks: self-assertive, independent, confident, bold, powerful, idealistic.
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