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 wettsten's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaadaptablefriendly helpful knowledgeable witty | Blind Spotableaccepting brave calm clever dependable energetic independent intelligent introverted organised proud quiet relaxed religious self-conscious shy silly spontaneous sympathetic tense trustworthy warm |
| Not Known to Others | Façadelogical | Unknownbold caring cheerful complex confident dignified extroverted giving happy idealistic ingenious kind loving mature modest nervous observant patient powerful reflective responsive searching self-assertive sensible sentimental wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (11%) accepting (11%) adaptable (11%) bold (0%) brave (11%) calm (22%) caring (0%) cheerful (0%) clever (22%) complex (0%) confident (0%) dependable (22%) dignified (0%) energetic (11%) extroverted (0%) friendly (33%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (33%) idealistic (0%) independent (22%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (44%) introverted (33%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (33%) logical (0%) loving (0%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (11%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (22%) quiet (44%) reflective (0%) relaxed (33%) religious (11%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (11%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (11%) silly (11%) spontaneous (22%) sympathetic (11%) tense (11%) trustworthy (11%) warm (11%) wise (0%) witty (11%)
Blogger thinks: knowledgeable, calm, witty, spontaneous, intelligent, clever.
Natalie thinks: accepting, introverted, quiet, shy, trustworthy, knowledgeable.
taryn Kaiser thinks: quiet, friendly, clever, introverted, relaxed.
Morgan thinks: silly, sympathetic, adaptable, independent, friendly.
Dustin thinks: able, dependable, intelligent, proud, relaxed, helpful.
Mike thinks: calm, helpful, relaxed, warm, knowledgeable, brave.
Maggie thinks: proud, tense, quiet, introverted, organised.
Jaclyn thinks: energetic, spontaneous, intelligent, dependable, friendly, religious.
Anon thinks: intelligent, quiet, self-conscious, helpful, independent.
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