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