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 Alex Foster's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacalmintelligent mature sensible witty | Blind Spotableaccepting brave caring cheerful complex confident dependable extroverted friendly happy helpful independent ingenious kind knowledgeable logical loving modest nervous observant organised patient powerful quiet relaxed searching shy silly spontaneous sympathetic trustworthy warm |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownadaptable bold clever dignified energetic giving idealistic introverted proud reflective religious responsive self-assertive self-conscious sentimental tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (8%) accepting (16%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (8%) calm (8%) caring (8%) cheerful (25%) clever (0%) complex (8%) confident (33%) dependable (8%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (16%) friendly (25%) giving (0%) happy (16%) helpful (41%) idealistic (0%) independent (8%) ingenious (16%) intelligent (25%) introverted (0%) kind (8%) knowledgeable (16%) logical (8%) loving (16%) mature (8%) modest (16%) nervous (8%) observant (16%) organised (8%) patient (8%) powerful (8%) proud (0%) quiet (25%) reflective (0%) relaxed (16%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (8%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (16%) sentimental (0%) shy (8%) silly (8%) spontaneous (8%) sympathetic (8%) tense (0%) trustworthy (25%) warm (8%) wise (0%) witty (25%)
Leigh thinks: complex, able, intelligent, trustworthy, dependable, confident.
neil h thinks: cheerful, helpful, witty, trustworthy, confident.
Anonymous thinks: mature, organised, calm, quiet, caring.
Chris K thinks: helpful, friendly, modest, accepting, relaxed.
PW thinks: loving, independent, spontaneous, relaxed, cheerful.
anon thinks: kind, friendly, cheerful, sensible, warm, helpful.
dr_nick thinks: confident, extroverted, knowledgeable, sensible, witty, intelligent.
Mike Evemy thinks: witty, knowledgeable, observant, intelligent, modest, sympathetic.
Random Blog Reader thinks: nervous, quiet, silly, helpful, brave.
boib thinks: accepting, happy, ingenious, patient, powerful, extroverted.
pyae thinks: friendly, happy, helpful, loving, confident, trustworthy.
pyae thinks: ingenious, logical, observant, quiet, searching, shy.
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