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 emergingsideways's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaadaptablebold observant reflective searching sensible | Blind Spotableaccepting brave caring cheerful clever complex confident extroverted giving happy helpful idealistic independent intelligent introverted kind knowledgeable loving mature modest organised patient proud religious self-assertive self-conscious sentimental sympathetic tense trustworthy warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknowncalm dependable dignified energetic friendly ingenious logical nervous powerful quiet relaxed responsive shy silly spontaneous |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (11%) accepting (11%) adaptable (11%) bold (11%) brave (35%) calm (0%) caring (23%) cheerful (5%) clever (5%) complex (17%) confident (5%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (5%) friendly (0%) giving (29%) happy (5%) helpful (5%) idealistic (17%) independent (23%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (41%) introverted (11%) kind (11%) knowledgeable (5%) logical (0%) loving (47%) mature (11%) modest (23%) nervous (0%) observant (17%) organised (5%) patient (5%) powerful (0%) proud (5%) quiet (0%) reflective (5%) relaxed (0%) religious (5%) responsive (0%) searching (23%) self-assertive (5%) self-conscious (11%) sensible (5%) sentimental (11%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (5%) tense (5%) trustworthy (23%) warm (11%) wise (11%) witty (11%)
Hope thinks: caring, intelligent, loving, observant, searching, warm.
Deb thinks: brave, intelligent, giving, loving, observant, reflective.
pirateknight thinks: caring, brave, loving, mature, sympathetic.
tracy thinks: accepting, observant, searching, introverted, modest, complex.
brenda thinks: brave, idealistic, loving, sensible, giving, knowledgeable.
Georgia thinks: independent, caring, organised, bold, searching.
Candy thinks: adaptable, clever, caring, wise, loving.
wilsonian thinks: intelligent, warm, brave, kind, trustworthy, adaptable.
liam thinks: intelligent, wise, able, sentimental, loving, brave.
stephanie B thinks: trustworthy, accepting, bold, giving, intelligent, able.
radioreb thinks: brave, loving, intelligent, trustworthy, giving, cheerful.
tonya thinks: confident, witty, kind, giving, self-assertive.
revsparker thinks: idealistic, independent, loving, searching, trustworthy.
Craggle thinks: independent, modest, proud, self-conscious, sentimental.
lover thinks: extroverted, complex, idealistic, religious, self-conscious, tense.
Maurer thinks: helpful, happy, patient, mature, modest.
Maurer thinks: complex, intelligent, introverted, witty, modest, independent.
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