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 LindseyB's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaableaccepting complex intelligent knowledgeable | Blind Spotadaptablebold brave calm caring cheerful clever confident dependable friendly giving happy helpful independent introverted kind loving mature modest observant organised patient powerful reflective religious searching self-assertive sensible shy silly spontaneous trustworthy warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknowndignified energetic extroverted idealistic ingenious logical nervous proud quiet relaxed responsive self-conscious sentimental sympathetic tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (5%) accepting (5%) adaptable (10%) bold (26%) brave (10%) calm (10%) caring (42%) cheerful (5%) clever (26%) complex (10%) confident (47%) dependable (10%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (31%) giving (5%) happy (10%) helpful (15%) idealistic (0%) independent (15%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (26%) introverted (15%) kind (10%) knowledgeable (5%) logical (0%) loving (26%) mature (21%) modest (10%) nervous (0%) observant (5%) organised (15%) patient (5%) powerful (5%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (5%) relaxed (0%) religious (5%) responsive (0%) searching (10%) self-assertive (5%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (5%) sentimental (0%) shy (5%) silly (21%) spontaneous (15%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (26%) warm (5%) wise (5%) witty (10%)
GraceB thinks: confident, independent, intelligent, spontaneous, introverted, knowledgeable.
Jake thinks: introverted, clever, calm, able, witty.
gbledsoe thinks: introverted, complex, searching, adaptable, clever, reflective.
Mom thinks: modest, caring, trustworthy, confident, cheerful.
Heather thinks: caring, friendly, clever, complex, searching, spontaneous.
Doris thinks: caring, mature, loving, happy, helpful.
Zaphod thinks: mature, loving, confident, dependable, calm, friendly.
Ron Bush thinks: friendly, intelligent, religious, trustworthy, caring.
christopherL thinks: modest, friendly, giving, intelligent, trustworthy, helpful.
doris thinks: clever, friendly, intelligent, mature, observant, wise.
Livvie Rigo thinks: accepting, adaptable, dependable, intelligent, organised, friendly.
Madre thinks: confident, brave, loving, trustworthy, sensible, happy.
Carly thinks: bold, kind, confident, brave, silly.
Christian Strohl thinks: loving, silly, powerful, confident, clever.
nyah thinks: helpful, mature, loving, organised, independent.
Annie C thinks: confident, organised, trustworthy, caring, bold.
I thinks: caring, bold, warm, silly, shy, patient.
Olivia thinks: bold, caring, confident, silly, kind, spontaneous.
Padre thinks: witty, self-assertive, independent, confident, bold, caring.
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