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 nimoz's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacleverconfident extroverted friendly happy logical | Blind Spotableaccepting bold caring cheerful dependable energetic giving independent intelligent knowledgeable patient proud self-assertive sensible sentimental trustworthy witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownadaptable brave calm complex dignified helpful idealistic ingenious introverted kind loving mature modest nervous observant organised powerful quiet reflective relaxed religious responsive searching self-conscious shy silly spontaneous sympathetic tense warm 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 (16%) cheerful (50%) clever (33%) complex (0%) confident (16%) dependable (33%) dignified (0%) energetic (50%) extroverted (16%) friendly (33%) giving (16%) happy (16%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (33%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (16%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (16%) logical (16%) loving (0%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (16%) powerful (0%) proud (16%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (16%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (16%) sentimental (16%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (33%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (33%)
dinane thinks: bold, cheerful, energetic, friendly, sentimental.
sal1016 thinks: trustworthy, logical, extroverted, clever, cheerful, witty.
MichelleLJ thinks: clever, independent, knowledgeable, self-assertive, intelligent, able.
meghan thinks: confident, energetic, dependable, caring, independent, proud.
blackpearl1219 thinks: energetic, sensible, happy, friendly, cheerful, dependable.
midnightsky thinks: accepting, trustworthy, patient, witty, giving.
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