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 mikemex's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaacceptingintelligent reflective | Blind Spotablebold brave calm caring cheerful confident energetic extroverted friendly happy helpful independent knowledgeable logical loving nervous observant patient proud relaxed religious searching self-assertive self-conscious sentimental shy silly spontaneous tense trustworthy warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeidealisticingenious kind | Unknownadaptable clever complex dependable dignified giving introverted mature modest organised powerful quiet responsive sensible sympathetic |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (15%) accepting (30%) adaptable (0%) bold (15%) brave (7%) calm (7%) caring (15%) cheerful (7%) clever (0%) complex (0%) confident (23%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (7%) extroverted (7%) friendly (23%) giving (0%) happy (23%) helpful (7%) idealistic (0%) independent (23%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (23%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (23%) logical (15%) loving (15%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (7%) observant (7%) organised (0%) patient (7%) powerful (0%) proud (23%) quiet (0%) reflective (7%) relaxed (7%) religious (7%) responsive (0%) searching (7%) self-assertive (38%) self-conscious (7%) sensible (0%) sentimental (7%) shy (15%) silly (7%) spontaneous (23%) sympathetic (0%) tense (7%) trustworthy (7%) warm (38%) wise (30%) witty (15%)
Orty) thinks: able, searching, silly, energetic, brave.
momochende thinks: happy, intelligent, logical, knowledgeable, proud, wise.
Expat thinks: self-assertive, knowledgeable, proud, confident, calm, reflective.
niffweed17 thinks: independent, friendly, extroverted, self-assertive, warm.
Bob the Builder thinks: shy, tense, sentimental, nervous, religious, self-conscious.
Mystery thinks: intelligent, self-assertive, relaxed, independent, observant, shy.
ollobollo thinks: wise, patient, intelligent, happy, confident, friendly.
loki thinks: accepting, cheerful, friendly, happy, loving, warm.
Danielle thinks: independent, helpful, logical, self-assertive, bold.
Karim thinks: able, accepting, caring, warm, spontaneous, trustworthy.
Karim thinks: accepting, warm, wise, loving, spontaneous, witty.
Zak thinks: witty, spontaneous, wise, warm, caring, accepting.
anonymous thinks: bold, confident, knowledgeable, proud, self-assertive.
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