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 chrisho!'s.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaablebold dignified extroverted independent spontaneous | Blind Spotbravecalm caring cheerful confident dependable energetic friendly giving happy intelligent knowledgeable logical modest quiet self-assertive sensible silly trustworthy wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownaccepting adaptable clever complex helpful idealistic ingenious introverted kind loving mature nervous observant organised patient powerful proud reflective relaxed religious responsive searching self-conscious sentimental shy sympathetic tense warm |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (20%) accepting (0%) adaptable (0%) bold (20%) brave (10%) calm (20%) caring (10%) cheerful (30%) clever (0%) complex (0%) confident (30%) dependable (10%) dignified (10%) energetic (40%) extroverted (30%) friendly (30%) giving (10%) happy (10%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (30%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (40%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (10%) logical (10%) loving (0%) mature (0%) modest (20%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (10%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (10%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (10%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (30%) spontaneous (40%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (10%) warm (0%) wise (10%) witty (20%)
WeNwEn thinks: independent, energetic, spontaneous, friendly, confident, caring.
LKUE thinks: dependable, intelligent, friendly, able, cheerful.
pam thinks: independent, sensible, witty, calm, silly.
Jamie thinks: cheerful, energetic, independent, spontaneous, trustworthy, silly.
Crystal :) thinks: giving, spontaneous, intelligent, modest, quiet.
tinaaa thinks: extroverted, bold, confident, happy, modest, friendly.
buttsmacker thinks: bold, confident, extroverted, spontaneous, intelligent.
XX thinks: energetic, logical, extroverted, cheerful, silly.
Lance thinks: able, intelligent, energetic, witty, wise.
lance 2 thinks: calm, brave, dignified, self-assertive, knowledgeable.
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