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 Joanna Woo's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacheerfulfriendly giving intelligent loving warm | Blind Spotableadaptable brave calm caring clever confident dependable energetic extroverted happy helpful idealistic independent ingenious introverted kind knowledgeable logical observant organised quiet reflective relaxed responsive sentimental trustworthy witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownaccepting bold complex dignified mature modest nervous patient powerful proud religious searching self-assertive self-conscious sensible shy silly spontaneous sympathetic tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (25%) accepting (0%) adaptable (18%) bold (0%) brave (6%) calm (12%) caring (31%) cheerful (31%) clever (18%) complex (0%) confident (6%) dependable (43%) dignified (0%) energetic (25%) extroverted (6%) friendly (31%) giving (6%) happy (12%) helpful (18%) idealistic (6%) independent (18%) ingenious (6%) intelligent (18%) introverted (6%) kind (6%) knowledgeable (25%) logical (12%) loving (6%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (12%) organised (37%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (6%) reflective (6%) relaxed (18%) religious (0%) responsive (6%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (6%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (37%) warm (6%) wise (0%) witty (6%)
ryanc thinks: cheerful, intelligent, independent, sentimental, friendly, caring.
viv thinks: adaptable, cheerful, friendly, observant, relaxed.
Nikki Best thinks: kind, adaptable, cheerful, dependable, organised, able.
Tanisha Campbell thinks: independent, confident, able, knowledgeable, logical, intelligent.
Logan thinks: dependable, caring, helpful, organised, trustworthy, loving.
Tamara Dang thinks: adaptable, intelligent, dependable, caring, trustworthy.
Ray Xu thinks: able, dependable, independent, friendly, cheerful.
Bradley Moggach thinks: trustworthy, dependable, knowledgeable, organised, energetic.
Dana thinks: energetic, able, knowledgeable, organised, ingenious, extroverted.
anyonymous thinks: relaxed, introverted, quiet, observant, calm.
Waffles. thinks: organised, friendly, trustworthy, calm, logical.
Rahul n B thinks: helpful, energetic, clever, warm, caring, dependable.
Lucas Lu thinks: happy, helpful, trustworthy, knowledgeable, organised.
Jody Urquhart thinks: clever, reflective, witty, relaxed, brave.
David thinks: cheerful, energetic, friendly, idealistic, clever, happy.
anonymous thinks: caring, giving, trustworthy, dependable, responsive.
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