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 monkAsh's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacaringcomplex confident observant | Blind Spotableaccepting brave calm cheerful clever energetic friendly giving happy independent intelligent introverted kind knowledgeable loving mature patient reflective responsive self-assertive self-conscious silly sympathetic trustworthy warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeidealisticsearching | Unknownadaptable bold dependable dignified extroverted helpful ingenious logical modest nervous organised powerful proud quiet relaxed religious sensible sentimental shy spontaneous tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (20%) accepting (6%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (6%) calm (6%) caring (13%) cheerful (13%) clever (33%) complex (26%) confident (33%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (6%) extroverted (0%) friendly (20%) giving (33%) happy (6%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (6%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (26%) introverted (20%) kind (13%) knowledgeable (26%) logical (0%) loving (40%) mature (6%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (26%) organised (0%) patient (6%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (26%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (20%) searching (0%) self-assertive (13%) self-conscious (6%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (20%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (6%) tense (0%) trustworthy (13%) warm (26%) wise (13%) witty (13%)
Lindsay thinks: able, clever, giving, loving, reflective, trustworthy.
Niki thinks: observant, clever, giving, caring, mature.
mommycrat thinks: clever, confident, knowledgeable, patient, silly.
anonymous thinks: energetic, friendly, independent, loving, trustworthy.
Little Linguist thinks: clever, friendly, accepting, confident, intelligent, witty.
Maggie thinks: warm, brave, complex, wise, silly, observant.
kawani thinks: calm, knowledgeable, responsive, introverted, sympathetic.
Bonnie thinks: wise, warm, responsive, intelligent, loving, introverted.
anonymous thinks: confident, happy, kind, cheerful, loving.
backtobasicsmum thinks: reflective, complex, knowledgeable, confident, warm.
Shannon thinks: intelligent, observant, confident, self-assertive, kind, giving.
goober thinks: able, caring, giving, self-conscious, reflective, loving.
Kat thinks: giving, introverted, observant, complex, knowledgeable, cheerful.
allison Ratliff thinks: friendly, responsive, reflective, intelligent, witty, complex.
anonymous thinks: able, clever, loving, self-assertive, silly, warm.
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