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 simplypleasured's.
Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
Known to Others | Arenaablecomplex loving searching | Blind Spotadaptablebold caring cheerful confident dependable giving helpful independent intelligent kind knowledgeable mature self-assertive silly spontaneous trustworthy |
Not Known to Others | Façadefriendlyhappy | Unknownaccepting brave calm clever dignified energetic extroverted idealistic ingenious introverted logical modest nervous observant organised patient powerful proud quiet reflective relaxed religious responsive self-conscious sensible sentimental shy sympathetic tense warm wise witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) |
able (25%) accepting (0%) adaptable (25%) bold (25%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (25%) cheerful (25%) clever (0%) complex (25%) confident (25%) dependable (25%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (0%) giving (25%) happy (0%) helpful (25%) idealistic (0%) independent (25%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (25%) introverted (0%) kind (25%) knowledgeable (25%) logical (0%) loving (25%) mature (25%) 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 (25%) self-assertive (50%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (25%) spontaneous (25%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (25%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (0%)
Kristen thinks: intelligent, kind, mature, loving, searching, trustworthy.
Nikki thinks: confident, giving, silly, cheerful, helpful.
M thinks: independent, self-assertive, able, adaptable, complex, dependable.
stephjones2 thinks: bold, knowledgeable, caring, self-assertive, spontaneous.
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