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 Mike McCall's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaacceptingidealistic independent ingenious self-assertive tense | Blind Spotablebold caring cheerful clever complex dependable energetic extroverted friendly giving intelligent knowledgeable mature patient proud responsive searching self-conscious silly spontaneous |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownadaptable brave calm confident dignified happy helpful introverted kind logical loving modest nervous observant organised powerful quiet reflective relaxed religious sensible sentimental shy sympathetic trustworthy warm wise witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (25%) accepting (16%) adaptable (0%) bold (33%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (16%) cheerful (16%) clever (33%) complex (41%) confident (0%) dependable (8%) dignified (0%) energetic (8%) extroverted (8%) friendly (16%) giving (25%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (33%) independent (8%) ingenious (8%) intelligent (50%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (25%) logical (0%) loving (0%) mature (8%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (8%) powerful (0%) proud (33%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (8%) searching (16%) self-assertive (16%) self-conscious (33%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (8%) spontaneous (33%) sympathetic (0%) tense (25%) trustworthy (0%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (0%)
anonymous thinks: intelligent, dependable, friendly, mature, patient.
Anonymous thinks: spontaneous, self-conscious, tense, idealistic, intelligent, complex.
shy thinks: able, bold, idealistic, intelligent, proud.
Jim thinks: able, knowledgeable, giving, energetic, clever.
Jon Pear (a.k.a. NeuroAster) thinks: accepting, caring, clever, cheerful, giving, spontaneous.
Jon Pear (a.k.a. NeuroAster) thinks: accepting, caring, cheerful, clever, giving, spontaneous.
anon thinks: bold, self-conscious, knowledgeable, intelligent, tense, able.
cenobyte thinks: intelligent, self-conscious, complex, searching, proud, idealistic.
anonymous thinks: spontaneous, extroverted, silly, friendly, self-assertive.
shy_girl81 thinks: independent, complex, self-assertive, bold, knowledgeable, intelligent.
Bunny thinks: bold, clever, ingenious, proud, searching, complex.
Harry Lime thinks: idealistic, self-conscious, proud, complex, tense, responsive.
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