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 revmommy's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaacceptingidealistic observant religious spontaneous | Blind Spotableadaptable bold brave caring clever confident dependable energetic extroverted friendly giving happy helpful independent ingenious intelligent kind knowledgeable loving organised reflective searching self-assertive sensible sentimental silly trustworthy warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadesympathetic | Unknowncalm cheerful complex dignified introverted logical mature modest nervous patient powerful proud quiet relaxed responsive self-conscious shy tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (7%) accepting (28%) adaptable (7%) bold (7%) brave (7%) calm (0%) caring (35%) cheerful (0%) clever (14%) complex (0%) confident (7%) dependable (28%) dignified (0%) energetic (28%) extroverted (21%) friendly (14%) giving (7%) happy (7%) helpful (21%) idealistic (14%) independent (7%) ingenious (7%) intelligent (50%) introverted (0%) kind (7%) knowledgeable (21%) logical (0%) loving (7%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (7%) organised (14%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (21%) relaxed (0%) religious (28%) responsive (0%) searching (28%) self-assertive (7%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (7%) sentimental (7%) shy (0%) silly (21%) spontaneous (7%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (7%) warm (14%) wise (0%) witty (21%)
Songbird thinks: energetic, extroverted, spontaneous, searching, religious.
Tracy thinks: witty, sensible, intelligent, helpful, caring.
Quotidian Grace thinks: energetic, organised, confident, dependable, religious.
spidey thinks: clever, silly, friendly, caring, reflective, witty.
Mindy thinks: caring, dependable, kind, religious, reflective.
Susiederk thinks: adaptable, brave, intelligent, loving, sentimental, bold.
DaveS thinks: silly, intelligent, searching, idealistic, giving, reflective.
ppb thinks: silly, energetic, extroverted, idealistic, independent, religious.
Stacey thinks: accepting, intelligent, energetic, able, witty.
Lorna thinks: dependable, organised, trustworthy, helpful, caring, knowledgeable.
paster anonymous thinks: intelligent, ingenious, extroverted, self-assertive, warm, accepting.
JLM thinks: accepting, caring, friendly, searching, happy.
Sparks thinks: intelligent, knowledgeable, dependable, accepting, clever, warm.
hgoff79 thinks: intelligent, helpful, observant, searching, knowledgeable.
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