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 penguinfire's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaconfidenttrustworthy | Blind Spotableadaptable bold caring complex friendly independent intelligent knowledgeable logical observant proud quiet reflective searching self-assertive self-conscious sensible spontaneous |
| Not Known to Others | Façadecalmrelaxed sympathetic | Unknownaccepting brave cheerful clever dependable dignified energetic extroverted giving happy helpful idealistic ingenious introverted kind loving mature modest nervous organised patient powerful religious responsive sentimental shy silly tense warm wise witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
66% of people think that penguinfire is friendly
able (16%) accepting (0%) adaptable (16%) bold (33%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (16%) cheerful (0%) clever (0%) complex (33%) confident (50%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (66%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (16%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (33%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (33%) logical (16%) loving (0%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (33%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (33%) quiet (16%) reflective (33%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (16%) self-assertive (33%) self-conscious (16%) sensible (16%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (16%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (33%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (0%)
stephanie thinks: confident, friendly, knowledgeable, self-assertive, bold, proud.
bev thinks: bold, complex, reflective, searching, observant, intelligent.
beccaleccahighbeccahineyho thinks: observant, friendly, sensible, logical, spontaneous, reflective.
Kenneth thinks: proud, independent, friendly, confident, trustworthy, quiet.
Tony thinks: adaptable, complex, intelligent, self-assertive, trustworthy.
adrian thinks: able, caring, confident, friendly, knowledgeable, self-conscious.
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