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 san3san3's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaconfidenthelpful idealistic sentimental spontaneous | Blind Spotableadaptable bold caring cheerful dependable energetic extroverted friendly happy independent intelligent logical loving mature proud reflective relaxed self-assertive silly trustworthy warm wise |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeaccepting | Unknownbrave calm clever complex dignified giving ingenious introverted kind knowledgeable modest nervous observant organised patient powerful quiet religious responsive searching self-conscious sensible shy sympathetic tense witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (27%) accepting (0%) adaptable (18%) bold (18%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (9%) cheerful (18%) clever (0%) complex (0%) confident (36%) dependable (27%) dignified (0%) energetic (36%) extroverted (9%) friendly (36%) giving (0%) happy (36%) helpful (9%) idealistic (9%) independent (9%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (18%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (9%) loving (27%) mature (27%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (9%) quiet (0%) reflective (9%) relaxed (9%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (9%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (36%) shy (0%) silly (36%) spontaneous (18%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (27%) warm (18%) wise (9%) witty (0%)
ah hao thinks: confident, intelligent, sentimental, happy, warm, able.
Bro thinks: proud, bold, intelligent, able, adaptable.
Bro ( cont.) thinks: silly, idealistic, dependable, reflective, trustworthy, mature.
Daphne thinks: cheerful, happy, energetic, dependable, friendly, trustworthy.
ah biao thinks: sentimental, silly, self-assertive, loving, confident, caring.
Ruixiang thinks: confident, sentimental, energetic, spontaneous, mature.
Jun thinks: silly, dependable, spontaneous, able, confident, loving.
ah bee thinks: adaptable, energetic, friendly, happy, logical, wise.
ying thinks: silly, cheerful, helpful, trustworthy, extroverted.
giv~ thinks: bold, energetic, friendly, mature, independent.
ah_manda thinks: friendly, happy, warm, loving, relaxed, sentimental.
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