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 Brit Renken's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaacceptinggiving loving self-conscious shy trustworthy | Blind Spotadaptablebold brave calm caring clever complex confident dependable energetic extroverted friendly happy helpful idealistic independent intelligent kind knowledgeable mature modest nervous observant powerful reflective religious responsive searching self-assertive sensible sentimental silly spontaneous sympathetic warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownable cheerful dignified ingenious introverted logical organised patient proud quiet relaxed tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (11%) adaptable (17%) bold (11%) brave (5%) calm (5%) caring (29%) cheerful (0%) clever (17%) complex (11%) confident (11%) dependable (17%) dignified (0%) energetic (11%) extroverted (11%) friendly (11%) giving (23%) happy (5%) helpful (5%) idealistic (5%) independent (17%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (11%) introverted (0%) kind (11%) knowledgeable (5%) logical (0%) loving (29%) mature (17%) modest (11%) nervous (11%) observant (11%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (5%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (11%) relaxed (0%) religious (29%) responsive (5%) searching (17%) self-assertive (5%) self-conscious (23%) sensible (5%) sentimental (11%) shy (17%) silly (41%) spontaneous (17%) sympathetic (11%) tense (0%) trustworthy (5%) warm (11%) wise (0%) witty (17%)
Vixie thinks: nervous, accepting, self-conscious, responsive, spontaneous.
Aaron Francis thinks: independent, adaptable, dependable, extroverted, silly, self-conscious.
Jill thinks: loving, shy, caring, giving, silly, spontaneous.
jerome thinks: calm, energetic, clever, religious, giving.
Denise thinks: bold, idealistic, giving, loving, shy, trustworthy.
vay thinks: brave, kind, knowledgeable, friendly, caring, mature.
Raz thinks: searching, self-conscious, kind, sympathetic, warm, religious.
Mik the Dik thinks: adaptable, clever, caring, sympathetic, intelligent, silly.
Britt (I wanna put it in your) thinks: caring, friendly, confident, self-assertive, mature, happy.
p-diddy thinks: helpful, modest, nervous, religious, silly, sentimental.
The Amberness thinks: dependable, sensible, powerful, independent, confident, observant.
Hans thinks: loving, religious, complex, dependable, silly, reflective.
Mika thinks: energetic, bold, adaptable, searching, religious, independent.
Michelle thinks: spontaneous, complex, witty, clever, sentimental, extroverted.
Barbara thinks: giving, silly, mature, observant, shy, reflective.
Cori thinks: accepting, caring, loving, witty, searching, intelligent.
David R thinks: witty, warm, silly, self-conscious, loving, modest.
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