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 Allison Quick's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacomplexsearching sentimental silly spontaneous | Blind Spotacceptingadaptable bold brave cheerful clever confident dependable dignified energetic extroverted friendly happy independent intelligent introverted kind knowledgeable loving observant powerful quiet religious responsive self-assertive self-conscious shy sympathetic trustworthy witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadenervous | Unknownable calm caring giving helpful idealistic ingenious logical mature modest organised patient proud reflective relaxed sensible tense warm wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (6%) adaptable (6%) bold (6%) brave (6%) calm (0%) caring (0%) cheerful (26%) clever (13%) complex (13%) confident (13%) dependable (6%) dignified (6%) energetic (33%) extroverted (20%) friendly (33%) giving (0%) happy (13%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (26%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (46%) introverted (13%) kind (6%) knowledgeable (13%) logical (0%) loving (26%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (6%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (13%) proud (0%) quiet (26%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (6%) responsive (13%) searching (6%) self-assertive (6%) self-conscious (13%) sensible (0%) sentimental (6%) shy (13%) silly (40%) spontaneous (20%) sympathetic (6%) tense (0%) trustworthy (20%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (13%)
Viki thinks: independent, sentimental, quiet, searching, intelligent, powerful.
drew thinks: spontaneous, kind, bold, extroverted, independent, friendly.
Mike thinks: brave, cheerful, energetic, responsive, loving, intelligent.
Eric thinks: shy, introverted, independent, self-conscious, quiet.
Rainy Pete thinks: clever, complex, intelligent, powerful, self-assertive, responsive.
S-Pants thinks: confident, trustworthy, loving, silly, energetic, spontaneous.
Skitz M Jones Esq. thinks: intelligent, extroverted, complex, independent, adaptable.
cc thinks: cheerful, witty, introverted, silly, sympathetic.
Dave thinks: intelligent, quiet, friendly, knowledgeable, observant.
Allison Quick thinks: confident, friendly, silly, cheerful, energetic, religious.
bhaskar thinks: spontaneous, dependable, extroverted, knowledgeable, intelligent.
me thinks: witty, friendly, dignified, clever, silly.
Rob w. thinks: accepting, cheerful, self-conscious, quiet, friendly, trustworthy.
allison thinks: shy, happy, loving, energetic, silly.
allison thinks: trustworthy, energetic, loving, intelligent, happy, silly.
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