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 christopher Phillips's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacaringfriendly loving sentimental sympathetic witty | Blind Spotacceptingcheerful confident dependable dignified energetic giving happy helpful idealistic independent ingenious intelligent kind knowledgeable logical mature modest observant organised patient religious responsive sensible spontaneous trustworthy warm wise |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownable adaptable bold brave calm clever complex extroverted introverted nervous powerful proud quiet reflective relaxed searching self-assertive self-conscious shy silly tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (7%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (50%) cheerful (7%) clever (0%) complex (0%) confident (14%) dependable (7%) dignified (14%) energetic (21%) extroverted (0%) friendly (28%) giving (7%) happy (28%) helpful (35%) idealistic (14%) independent (7%) ingenious (7%) intelligent (21%) introverted (0%) kind (14%) knowledgeable (14%) logical (14%) loving (42%) mature (14%) modest (7%) nervous (0%) observant (35%) organised (7%) patient (14%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (7%) responsive (7%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (14%) sentimental (7%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (7%) sympathetic (21%) tense (0%) trustworthy (21%) warm (14%) wise (35%) witty (7%)
Berr [sweetest grandchild] :) thinks: loving, witty, observant, organised, friendly.
nani thinks: trustworthy, caring, helpful, wise, sympathetic, observant.
bryo thinks: sensible, ingenious, observant, warm, confident.
ashish thinks: helpful, happy, intelligent, mature, patient, loving.
Cat thinks: caring, patient, loving, friendly, trustworthy, kind.
ChristiRose thinks: caring, wise, happy, modest, observant, friendly.
Helen thinks: friendly, caring, happy, intelligent, energetic, helpful.
joy thinks: energetic, helpful, wise, religious, knowledgeable, loving.
DOINA thinks: independent, confident, warm, spontaneous, sympathetic.
John D. thinks: idealistic, mature, dignified, logical, kind, observant.
Nillawafer thinks: logical, accepting, intelligent, dignified, loving, cheerful.
Lady Celia thinks: giving, idealistic, sensible, wise, responsive, caring.
Yan thinks: loving, sympathetic, sentimental, knowledgeable, caring, dependable.
Tundem thinks: caring, helpful, trustworthy, wise, energetic, happy.
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