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 Keep Imagining's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaadaptableknowledgeable loving spontaneous witty | Blind Spotableaccepting brave calm caring complex dependable energetic friendly giving helpful ingenious intelligent kind observant patient quiet reflective relaxed religious searching self-conscious trustworthy warm wise |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeextroverted | Unknownbold cheerful clever confident dignified happy idealistic independent introverted logical mature modest nervous organised powerful proud responsive self-assertive sensible sentimental shy silly sympathetic tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (20%) accepting (20%) adaptable (10%) bold (0%) brave (30%) calm (10%) caring (10%) cheerful (0%) clever (0%) complex (20%) confident (0%) dependable (10%) dignified (0%) energetic (20%) extroverted (0%) friendly (20%) giving (10%) happy (0%) helpful (10%) idealistic (0%) independent (0%) ingenious (10%) intelligent (50%) introverted (0%) kind (20%) knowledgeable (10%) logical (0%) loving (40%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (10%) organised (0%) patient (30%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (10%) reflective (20%) relaxed (20%) religious (10%) responsive (0%) searching (20%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (10%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (10%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (40%) warm (20%) wise (30%) witty (30%)
Heidi thinks: complex, loving, knowledgeable, witty, intelligent, trustworthy.
kiley thinks: accepting, complex, trustworthy, loving, energetic, dependable.
Francis & Brenda thinks: caring, loving, warm, witty, able, accepting.
wilsonian thinks: brave, kind, patient, friendly, intelligent, adaptable.
Arthur thinks: intelligent, reflective, religious, brave, searching, trustworthy.
Gerald thinks: helpful, calm, patient, kind, friendly.
test thinks: patient, relaxed, self-conscious, spontaneous, wise.
ccc thinks: relaxed, reflective, intelligent, ingenious, quiet, energetic.
Jenna-vive thinks: searching, observant, warm, giving, wise, able.
Gypsy thinks: brave, loving, witty, intelligent, trustworthy, wise.
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