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 Caseys's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacaringcheerful friendly spontaneous witty | Blind Spotableaccepting adaptable bold clever confident dependable energetic extroverted giving happy helpful independent intelligent knowledgeable logical observant relaxed responsive silly trustworthy warm |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownbrave calm complex dignified idealistic ingenious introverted kind loving mature modest nervous organised patient powerful proud quiet reflective religious searching self-assertive self-conscious sensible sentimental shy sympathetic tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (10%) accepting (30%) adaptable (10%) bold (20%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (30%) cheerful (20%) clever (30%) complex (0%) confident (10%) dependable (10%) dignified (0%) energetic (30%) extroverted (40%) friendly (50%) giving (30%) happy (10%) helpful (20%) idealistic (0%) independent (20%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (30%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (20%) logical (10%) loving (0%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (10%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (10%) religious (0%) responsive (20%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (30%) spontaneous (20%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (20%) warm (10%) wise (0%) witty (50%)
Michon thinks: friendly, intelligent, extroverted, spontaneous, witty, energetic.
Jenny Yarnall thinks: witty, knowledgeable, confident, helpful, happy, responsive.
rob gaedtke thinks: cheerful, clever, silly, independent, friendly, extroverted.
Coco thinks: logical, giving, cheerful, extroverted, trustworthy, relaxed.
Alison thinks: energetic, caring, spontaneous, responsive, able, bold.
JDAWG thinks: accepting, caring, friendly, silly, witty, giving.
stephanie Kruse thinks: witty, intelligent, trustworthy, adaptable, helpful, dependable.
Janine thinks: accepting, caring, intelligent, giving, warm, knowledgeable.
Gary thinks: friendly, independent, observant, extroverted, clever, witty.
Donnie thinks: accepting, bold, clever, silly, friendly, energetic.
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