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 tschaka's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaacceptingcaring giving proud trustworthy | Blind Spotadaptablebold brave calm cheerful complex confident dependable energetic friendly helpful idealistic independent intelligent kind loving mature modest observant patient powerful reflective relaxed searching self-assertive self-conscious sensible silly spontaneous warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownable clever dignified extroverted happy ingenious introverted knowledgeable logical nervous organised quiet religious responsive sentimental shy sympathetic tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (38%) adaptable (7%) bold (7%) brave (15%) calm (15%) caring (46%) cheerful (7%) clever (0%) complex (7%) confident (7%) dependable (23%) dignified (0%) energetic (7%) extroverted (0%) friendly (30%) giving (15%) happy (0%) helpful (7%) idealistic (46%) independent (7%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (15%) introverted (0%) kind (15%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (30%) mature (7%) modest (7%) nervous (0%) observant (7%) organised (0%) patient (23%) powerful (7%) proud (7%) quiet (0%) reflective (38%) relaxed (15%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (7%) self-assertive (23%) self-conscious (7%) sensible (7%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (7%) spontaneous (7%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (23%) warm (7%) wise (7%) witty (7%)
Piers thinks: caring, dependable, reflective, helpful, warm, adaptable.
Darren D thinks: self-assertive, searching, mature, idealistic, confident, loving.
James thinks: caring, idealistic, friendly, intelligent, patient, energetic.
teejay thinks: trustworthy, patient, caring, loving, dependable, reflective.
anna thinks: kind, self-assertive, caring, calm, independent.
abzzzzzzzzz thinks: idealistic, bold, caring, accepting, reflective.
Et thinks: accepting, friendly, modest, sensible, wise.
dee braveheart thinks: accepting, observant, brave, relaxed, giving, caring.
Itsy thinks: complex, idealistic, proud, self-conscious, self-assertive, powerful.
zzzz thinks: relaxed, silly, accepting, trustworthy, friendly, cheerful.
Nicholas thinks: reflective, loving, intelligent, witty, idealistic, brave.
Sup thinks: accepting, calm, dependable, friendly, kind, reflective.
Iain of the Rain thinks: loving, giving, idealistic, patient, spontaneous, trustworthy.
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