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 Laura Cooke's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaableintelligent witty | Blind Spotacceptingadaptable bold caring cheerful clever confident dependable energetic extroverted friendly giving happy helpful independent ingenious kind knowledgeable logical loving proud religious responsive sensible sentimental silly spontaneous sympathetic trustworthy wise |
| Not Known to Others | Façadereflectiveself-conscious | Unknownbrave calm complex dignified idealistic introverted mature modest nervous observant organised patient powerful quiet relaxed searching self-assertive shy tense warm |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (15%) accepting (5%) adaptable (5%) bold (10%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (31%) cheerful (21%) clever (36%) complex (0%) confident (15%) dependable (36%) dignified (0%) energetic (26%) extroverted (10%) friendly (36%) giving (5%) happy (21%) helpful (5%) idealistic (0%) independent (10%) ingenious (10%) intelligent (47%) introverted (0%) kind (5%) knowledgeable (10%) logical (5%) loving (31%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (10%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (10%) responsive (5%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (10%) sentimental (10%) shy (0%) silly (31%) spontaneous (5%) sympathetic (5%) tense (0%) trustworthy (15%) warm (0%) wise (15%) witty (42%)
KristinS07 thinks: caring, clever, energetic, silly, independent, able.
Jackie thinks: clever, sensible, trustworthy, dependable, loving, intelligent.
Eckel77 thinks: accepting, caring, dependable, friendly, intelligent, kind.
Monika thinks: silly, loving, witty, extroverted, friendly, sentimental.
anonymous thinks: happy, clever, intelligent, religious, proud, witty.
Allylew thinks: caring, trustworthy, wise, intelligent, dependable, loving.
MarciaE thinks: wise, proud, knowledgeable, clever, happy.
Christina thinks: friendly, responsive, cheerful, intelligent, energetic, helpful.
Katiemay27 thinks: cheerful, bold, sympathetic, sensible, silly.
Cindy thinks: caring, witty, silly, intelligent, able, independent.
Amanda thinks: intelligent, dependable, happy, witty, loving, energetic.
anonymous thinks: friendly, happy, witty, confident, silly, clever.
Autumnbride thinks: witty, wise, silly, ingenious, friendly.
Mom thinks: able, cheerful, clever, loving, adaptable, intelligent.
April thinks: sentimental, confident, friendly, giving, energetic, religious.
Suzzy thinks: bold, intelligent, witty, dependable, ingenious, logical.
Kandi thinks: dependable, friendly, confident, caring, clever.
Nina thinks: caring, dependable, cheerful, knowledgeable, trustworthy.
secret admirer thinks: extroverted, energetic, loving, witty, spontaneous.
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