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 hardtoexplain's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacheerfulenergetic extroverted giving sentimental witty | Blind Spotablebold brave caring clever complex confident dependable friendly helpful idealistic independent intelligent kind knowledgeable loving mature observant organised powerful reflective religious responsive self-conscious spontaneous sympathetic trustworthy warm wise |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownaccepting adaptable calm dignified happy ingenious introverted logical modest nervous patient proud quiet relaxed searching self-assertive sensible shy silly tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (5%) accepting (0%) adaptable (0%) bold (17%) brave (5%) calm (0%) caring (11%) cheerful (29%) clever (11%) complex (11%) confident (35%) dependable (17%) dignified (0%) energetic (17%) extroverted (41%) friendly (11%) giving (35%) happy (0%) helpful (23%) idealistic (5%) independent (29%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (29%) introverted (0%) kind (5%) knowledgeable (5%) logical (0%) loving (23%) mature (5%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (17%) organised (5%) patient (0%) powerful (5%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (5%) relaxed (0%) religious (5%) responsive (5%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (5%) sensible (0%) sentimental (17%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (11%) sympathetic (11%) tense (0%) trustworthy (35%) warm (5%) wise (11%) witty (23%)
Chris thinks: extroverted, spontaneous, intelligent, cheerful, dependable.
paul thinks: witty, sympathetic, energetic, extroverted, independent.
Rachaelashley thinks: idealistic, loving, mature, observant, independent, complex.
ED thinks: independent, confident, dependable, energetic, cheerful, caring.
toohappy506 thinks: confident, giving, reflective, bold, clever, wise.
alyss thinks: spontaneous, bold, giving, loving, wise, trustworthy.
Summer thinks: trustworthy, intelligent, brave, extroverted, religious, bold.
Em thinks: confident, friendly, independent, intelligent, energetic.
Bethie thinks: witty, extroverted, responsive, clever, trustworthy.
matty b thinks: trustworthy, self-conscious, powerful, witty, giving, knowledgeable.
Gideon thinks: intelligent, witty, kind, warm, observant, independent.
petes thinks: extroverted, helpful, sentimental, cheerful, giving.
Andrea thinks: able, caring, loving, helpful, complex.
Aaron thinks: cheerful, confident, extroverted, organised, trustworthy.
Andrea2-snerk thinks: helpful, loving, trustworthy, confident, giving, intelligent.
starprincess thinks: cheerful, sentimental, dependable, friendly, helpful.
Belinda thinks: confident, extroverted, observant, sentimental, sympathetic, giving.
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