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 newtness's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenabravecomplex loving silly spontaneous | Blind Spotableaccepting bold caring cheerful clever dependable energetic friendly giving helpful idealistic intelligent kind mature observant powerful reflective responsive searching self-conscious sentimental sympathetic trustworthy warm wise |
| Not Known to Others | Façadenervous | Unknownadaptable calm confident dignified extroverted happy independent ingenious introverted knowledgeable logical modest organised patient proud quiet relaxed religious self-assertive sensible shy tense witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (8%) accepting (33%) adaptable (0%) bold (16%) brave (33%) calm (0%) caring (50%) cheerful (8%) clever (8%) complex (16%) confident (0%) dependable (8%) dignified (0%) energetic (16%) extroverted (0%) friendly (16%) giving (33%) happy (0%) helpful (8%) idealistic (8%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (41%) introverted (0%) kind (8%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (41%) mature (8%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (16%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (8%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (25%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (8%) searching (16%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (25%) sensible (0%) sentimental (8%) shy (0%) silly (16%) spontaneous (25%) sympathetic (8%) tense (0%) trustworthy (25%) warm (16%) wise (16%) witty (0%)
rynmorianqueen thinks: accepting, caring, searching, intelligent, self-conscious, brave.
Anya thinks: caring, loving, trustworthy, accepting, giving, intelligent.
Caitlin thinks: accepting, bold, dependable, observant, able, responsive.
Rebecca thinks: caring, friendly, intelligent, observant, spontaneous, helpful.
Mike 1st time thinks: bold, caring, giving, kind, mature.
Mike 2nd time thinks: loving, self-conscious, silly, spontaneous, sympathetic, warm.
Mike - you are more than 5 thinks: trustworthy, wise, sentimental, caring, warm.
Dent! thinks: brave, complex, powerful, caring, intelligent, giving.
alexmkg thinks: spontaneous, energetic, accepting, loving, reflective, silly.
thinks: loving, complex, brave, trustworthy, friendly, reflective.
symmetry thinks: reflective, searching, intelligent, idealistic, clever, wise.
AndyP thinks: brave, cheerful, energetic, giving, self-conscious, loving.
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