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