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 Jason Toney's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaadaptableintelligent introverted observant witty | Blind Spotableaccepting bold brave calm caring cheerful complex confident dependable dignified energetic extroverted friendly giving happy idealistic independent ingenious knowledgeable logical loving mature powerful proud quiet reflective relaxed responsive searching self-assertive self-conscious sensible shy trustworthy warm wise |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeclever | Unknownhelpful kind modest nervous organised patient religious sentimental silly spontaneous sympathetic tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (5%) accepting (22%) adaptable (5%) bold (11%) brave (5%) calm (5%) caring (5%) cheerful (5%) clever (0%) complex (5%) confident (16%) dependable (11%) dignified (5%) energetic (16%) extroverted (16%) friendly (22%) giving (11%) happy (11%) helpful (0%) idealistic (16%) independent (22%) ingenious (5%) intelligent (50%) introverted (5%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (27%) logical (5%) loving (5%) mature (16%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (16%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (11%) proud (5%) quiet (5%) reflective (22%) relaxed (16%) religious (0%) responsive (5%) searching (5%) self-assertive (11%) self-conscious (11%) sensible (22%) sentimental (0%) shy (11%) silly (0%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (33%) warm (5%) wise (5%) witty (38%)
Michelle thinks: witty, warm, intelligent, energetic, confident, independent.
Ann thinks: knowledgeable, extroverted, relaxed, accepting, trustworthy.
lindsay thinks: friendly, knowledgeable, self-assertive, energetic, adaptable.
Miss Martini thinks: knowledgeable, responsive, trustworthy, dependable, witty.
Miss Mahoney thinks: wise, intelligent, logical, independent, quiet, proud.
j. brotherlove thinks: intelligent, accepting, observant, shy, witty, complex.
adiaha thinks: able, idealistic, intelligent, energetic, friendly, witty.
Jen thinks: friendly, idealistic, observant, witty, trustworthy, intelligent.
Afsheen thinks: confident, extroverted, reflective, happy, observant, relaxed.
Miss Ahmad thinks: intelligent, sensible, trustworthy, giving, dignified, reflective.
EJ Flavors thinks: bold, self-conscious, trustworthy, ingenious, witty.
Trula thinks: friendly, introverted, independent, knowledgeable, reflective, sensible.
bubba thinks: giving, intelligent, mature, powerful, confident.
erleichda thinks: intelligent, mature, dependable, caring, powerful.
allaboutgeorge thinks: idealistic, reflective, trustworthy, sensible, knowledgeable, loving.
Bun Z thinks: shy, intelligent, independent, relaxed, brave, witty.
thulani thinks: accepting, bold, calm, mature, extroverted, happy.
Anonymous thinks: accepting, cheerful, searching, self-assertive, self-conscious, sensible.
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