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 Spinney's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaablefriendly loving sympathetic warm | Blind Spotacceptingbold brave caring cheerful clever confident dependable dignified energetic extroverted giving happy helpful independent intelligent introverted kind knowledgeable mature nervous observant patient quiet reflective religious responsive searching self-assertive sentimental shy tense trustworthy wise |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeadaptable | Unknowncalm complex idealistic ingenious logical modest organised powerful proud relaxed self-conscious sensible silly spontaneous witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (13%) accepting (10%) adaptable (0%) bold (13%) brave (3%) calm (0%) caring (20%) cheerful (37%) clever (3%) complex (0%) confident (27%) dependable (24%) dignified (3%) energetic (10%) extroverted (17%) friendly (48%) giving (20%) happy (17%) helpful (17%) idealistic (0%) independent (6%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (34%) introverted (3%) kind (6%) knowledgeable (13%) logical (0%) loving (27%) mature (17%) modest (0%) nervous (3%) observant (6%) organised (0%) patient (3%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (3%) reflective (3%) relaxed (0%) religious (20%) responsive (3%) searching (6%) self-assertive (3%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (10%) shy (3%) silly (0%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (10%) tense (3%) trustworthy (37%) warm (31%) wise (24%) witty (0%)
AdrianneO thinks: warm, bold, friendly, responsive, intelligent, dependable.
Laura thinks: able, cheerful, sympathetic, wise, friendly.
matt thinks: cheerful, observant, helpful, dependable, intelligent, confident.
Ginger thinks: friendly, sentimental, dependable, loving, warm, wise.
MO thinks: bold, independent, intelligent, kind, warm, wise.
Shawn Whitman thinks: extroverted, religious, cheerful, intelligent, friendly, loving.
Bubba thinks: nervous, quiet, shy, introverted, tense, searching.
Tidwell thinks: cheerful, energetic, trustworthy, friendly, able.
Darren thinks: trustworthy, self-assertive, dependable, confident, giving, helpful.
Becca thinks: confident, independent, trustworthy, helpful, bold, cheerful.
Camille thinks: warm, sentimental, loving, wise, giving, dependable.
Suzanne thinks: reflective, warm, trustworthy, knowledgeable, giving, loving.
Sara thinks: patient, religious, happy, warm, friendly, loving.
Tamara thinks: accepting, cheerful, intelligent, loving, searching, mature.
Robby thinks: friendly, trustworthy, warm, loving, mature, giving.
Michelle Jones thinks: able, confident, friendly, trustworthy, cheerful.
Emily thinks: caring, religious, extroverted, helpful, happy, intelligent.
Mick thinks: caring, trustworthy, knowledgeable, religious, intelligent, kind.
Transformer thinks: energetic, cheerful, caring, friendly, sentimental.
Micah thinks: friendly, caring, cheerful, intelligent, mature, extroverted.
btan thinks: knowledgeable, caring, warm, friendly, clever, energetic.
Emily thinks: confident, sympathetic, observant, mature, dignified, able.
Brooke thinks: friendly, dependable, caring, happy, wise.
Kindall thinks: wise, confident, knowledgeable, bold, accepting, trustworthy.
Encore thinks: confident, warm, cheerful, sympathetic, mature, brave.
Lori thinks: cheerful, confident, intelligent, helpful, wise, trustworthy.
Greg thinks: dependable, extroverted, friendly, loving, trustworthy.
Aunt Linda thinks: friendly, giving, religious, happy, accepting.
Kelsey thinks: giving, intelligent, happy, trustworthy, religious, extroverted.
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