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 Reed Wolcott's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaadaptablebold caring complex proud self-conscious | Blind Spotableaccepting clever confident dependable dignified energetic extroverted friendly giving idealistic independent ingenious introverted kind knowledgeable logical loving mature modest observant powerful reflective relaxed religious responsive self-assertive sentimental silly spontaneous sympathetic tense trustworthy warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownbrave calm cheerful happy helpful intelligent nervous organised patient quiet searching sensible shy |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (5%) accepting (5%) adaptable (5%) bold (23%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (11%) cheerful (0%) clever (17%) complex (41%) confident (11%) dependable (17%) dignified (17%) energetic (23%) extroverted (17%) friendly (5%) giving (11%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (11%) independent (11%) ingenious (5%) intelligent (0%) introverted (17%) kind (5%) knowledgeable (5%) logical (5%) loving (5%) mature (17%) modest (5%) nervous (0%) observant (11%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (5%) proud (11%) quiet (0%) reflective (5%) relaxed (5%) religious (11%) responsive (11%) searching (0%) self-assertive (23%) self-conscious (23%) sensible (0%) sentimental (5%) shy (0%) silly (5%) spontaneous (5%) sympathetic (5%) tense (23%) trustworthy (11%) warm (5%) wise (17%) witty (35%)
Alli thinks: dependable, energetic, complex, independent, friendly, sympathetic.
Sara thinks: complex, wise, dignified, powerful, observant, mature.
Steve Snyder thinks: extroverted, bold, witty, confident, self-assertive.
Faab thinks: trustworthy, introverted, loving, proud, self-conscious, tense.
Camille thinks: complex, dependable, introverted, relaxed, reflective.
george thinks: giving, mature, extroverted, silly, energetic, self-conscious.
emilie thinks: mature, bold, caring, complex, idealistic.
kaitlyn thinks: confident, responsive, knowledgeable, self-assertive, wise.
. thinks: tense, self-assertive, witty, bold, responsive.
Martin Z thinks: logical, sentimental, witty, warm, dignified.
Betsy thinks: clever, complex, introverted, observant, tense, wise.
Peggy thinks: ingenious, , witty, clever, complex, modest.
GOD thinks: able, caring, dignified, giving, independent.
powwww thinks: proud, self-assertive, self-conscious, energetic, religious.
Jordan thinks: witty, tense, complex, bold, self-conscious, religious.
anonymous thinks: witty, idealistic, clever, dependable, kind.
joeygirl thinks: accepting, adaptable, energetic, extroverted, trustworthy, spontaneous.
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