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 sohosally's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaableidealistic self-conscious silly | Blind Spotacceptingadaptable bold cheerful energetic friendly happy helpful independent ingenious intelligent observant reflective self-assertive sensible spontaneous warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadenervoustense | Unknownbrave calm caring clever complex confident dependable dignified extroverted giving introverted kind knowledgeable logical loving mature modest organised patient powerful proud quiet relaxed religious responsive searching sentimental shy sympathetic trustworthy |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (20%) accepting (20%) adaptable (20%) bold (20%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (0%) cheerful (20%) clever (0%) complex (0%) confident (0%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (40%) extroverted (0%) friendly (20%) giving (0%) happy (20%) helpful (40%) idealistic (20%) independent (20%) ingenious (20%) intelligent (40%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (0%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (40%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (20%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (20%) self-conscious (20%) sensible (20%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (20%) spontaneous (40%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (0%) warm (20%) wise (20%) witty (20%)
Yamila thinks: warm, independent, accepting, able, energetic, helpful.
anonymous thinks: cheerful, energetic, happy, friendly, silly.
anon-y-mouse thinks: intelligent, bold, self-conscious, spontaneous, idealistic, self-assertive.
Kristin thinks: witty, ingenious, observant, intelligent, reflective.
le petit response thinks: adaptable, helpful, observant, sensible, spontaneous, wise.
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