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 Helene's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacomplexintelligent introverted loving spontaneous witty | Blind Spotableaccepting adaptable bold brave calm caring cheerful clever dignified friendly giving happy helpful idealistic independent kind knowledgeable mature organised proud quiet reflective searching sentimental shy sympathetic tense trustworthy warm wise |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownconfident dependable energetic extroverted ingenious logical modest nervous observant patient powerful relaxed religious responsive self-assertive self-conscious sensible silly |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (7%) accepting (7%) adaptable (7%) bold (7%) brave (7%) calm (14%) caring (21%) cheerful (7%) clever (21%) complex (28%) confident (0%) dependable (0%) dignified (7%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (21%) giving (28%) happy (14%) helpful (7%) idealistic (14%) independent (7%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (35%) introverted (14%) kind (7%) knowledgeable (7%) logical (0%) loving (42%) mature (7%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (7%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (7%) quiet (7%) reflective (42%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (50%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (42%) shy (7%) silly (0%) spontaneous (7%) sympathetic (7%) tense (7%) trustworthy (7%) warm (14%) wise (21%) witty (7%)
tiggprinny thinks: reflective, organised, accepting, friendly, knowledgeable.
Wendy thinks: caring, mature, reflective, searching, intelligent, introverted.
bohemianicetea thinks: brave, complex, searching, sentimental, wise, sympathetic.
Sheri thinks: sentimental, searching, complex, wise, giving, bold.
jill thinks: warm, reflective, friendly, caring, clever.
pulse-tone thinks: clever, idealistic, warm, sentimental, adaptable, independent.
martie thinks: spontaneous, proud, sentimental, loving, searching.
Amber thinks: dignified, giving, intelligent, kind, reflective, wise.
sebastien thinks: reflective, loving, idealistic, witty, giving, tense.
Britas thinks: complex, introverted, loving, searching, sentimental, reflective.
pixxi thinks: caring, giving, quiet, searching, loving, intelligent.
carmen thinks: able, complex, intelligent, helpful, searching, trustworthy.
YOUR LOVELY SISTER, HEHE thinks: cheerful, shy, sentimental, loving, happy, calm.
YOUR LOVELY SISTER thinks: happy, friendly, loving, calm, clever, intelligent.
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