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 randomsynapses's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaconfidentidealistic intelligent silly | Blind Spotacceptingadaptable brave cheerful clever energetic extroverted friendly giving kind knowledgeable searching self-conscious sentimental tense trustworthy warm |
| Not Known to Others | Façadecaringspontaneous | Unknownable bold calm complex dependable dignified happy helpful independent ingenious introverted logical loving mature modest nervous observant organised patient powerful proud quiet reflective relaxed religious responsive self-assertive sensible shy sympathetic wise witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (40%) adaptable (20%) bold (0%) brave (20%) calm (0%) caring (0%) cheerful (20%) clever (20%) complex (0%) confident (40%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (20%) extroverted (20%) friendly (40%) giving (40%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (20%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (40%) introverted (0%) kind (20%) knowledgeable (40%) logical (0%) loving (0%) mature (0%) 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 (40%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (20%) sensible (0%) sentimental (20%) shy (0%) silly (40%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (20%) trustworthy (20%) warm (20%) wise (0%) witty (0%)
Dave thinks: tense, silly, searching, self-conscious, friendly, sentimental.
gwyn thinks: searching, warm, clever, giving, accepting, kind.
notitleyet thinks: silly, giving, cheerful, energetic, brave, idealistic.
Lora thinks: confident, knowledgeable, accepting, trustworthy, intelligent.
Kit thinks: knowledgeable, confident, adaptable, friendly, extroverted, intelligent.
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