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 Zoaster's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaacceptingconfident energetic extroverted loving silly | Blind Spotadaptablebold brave caring cheerful clever friendly happy idealistic independent kind knowledgeable logical observant reflective responsive self-conscious sentimental spontaneous sympathetic witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownable calm complex dependable dignified giving helpful ingenious intelligent introverted mature modest nervous organised patient powerful proud quiet relaxed religious searching self-assertive sensible shy tense trustworthy warm wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (27%) adaptable (9%) bold (9%) brave (9%) calm (0%) caring (27%) cheerful (27%) clever (36%) complex (0%) confident (27%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (45%) extroverted (36%) friendly (27%) giving (0%) happy (27%) helpful (0%) idealistic (9%) independent (36%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (0%) introverted (0%) kind (9%) knowledgeable (27%) logical (9%) loving (27%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (9%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (9%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (9%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (9%) sensible (0%) sentimental (18%) shy (0%) silly (18%) spontaneous (27%) sympathetic (18%) tense (0%) trustworthy (0%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (9%)
buddha thinks: friendly, caring, happy, energetic, sympathetic.
Erica thinks: clever, independent, knowledgeable, logical, confident, witty.
Beccaboo thinks: clever, accepting, cheerful, caring, independent, spontaneous.
anonymous thinks: independent, adaptable, bold, cheerful, brave.
Jennie Harkness thinks: energetic, confident, friendly, independent, loving.
Zoe thinks: responsive, accepting, happy, spontaneous, extroverted.
Nolan Thomas thinks: clever, sympathetic, self-conscious, observant, knowledgeable.
stephbabe thinks: cheerful, extroverted, friendly, idealistic, energetic, reflective.
jooooy thinks: extroverted, knowledgeable, silly, sentimental, energetic, confident.
timberly thinks: sentimental, caring, kind, clever, happy, loving.
isobel thinks: accepting, energetic, extroverted, loving, silly, spontaneous.
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