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 minditronic's.
Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
Known to Others | Arenaextrovertedloving searching sentimental | Blind Spotableaccepting bold caring cheerful clever complex friendly giving happy idealistic independent intelligent kind mature spontaneous trustworthy warm witty |
Not Known to Others | Façadeself-conscioussilly | Unknownadaptable brave calm confident dependable dignified energetic helpful ingenious introverted knowledgeable logical modest nervous observant organised patient powerful proud quiet reflective relaxed religious responsive self-assertive sensible shy sympathetic tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) |
able (16%) accepting (16%) adaptable (0%) bold (16%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (33%) cheerful (16%) clever (16%) complex (16%) confident (0%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (16%) friendly (50%) giving (33%) happy (33%) helpful (0%) idealistic (16%) independent (16%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (33%) introverted (0%) kind (33%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (33%) mature (16%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (16%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (33%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (16%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (16%) warm (33%) wise (0%) witty (16%)
Chris thinks: caring, trustworthy, sentimental, loving, complex, kind.
obie thinks: searching, sentimental, warm, idealistic, friendly.
Donna thinks: bold, independent, intelligent, spontaneous, clever.
selector23 thinks: witty, extroverted, intelligent, cheerful, friendly.
Mimi thinks: able, giving, happy, mature, kind, warm.
desidjm thinks: friendly, giving, happy, accepting, loving, caring.
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