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 Austin The SEAL's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaconfidentenergetic intelligent self-assertive spontaneous | Blind Spotableaccepting bold brave calm caring complex dependable idealistic independent ingenious kind knowledgeable logical loving nervous patient powerful proud quiet responsive self-conscious shy silly tense trustworthy wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownadaptable cheerful clever dignified extroverted friendly giving happy helpful introverted mature modest observant organised reflective relaxed religious searching sensible sentimental sympathetic warm |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (14%) accepting (7%) adaptable (0%) bold (28%) brave (42%) calm (7%) caring (7%) cheerful (0%) clever (0%) complex (21%) confident (35%) dependable (35%) dignified (0%) energetic (14%) extroverted (0%) friendly (0%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (7%) independent (21%) ingenious (7%) intelligent (35%) introverted (0%) kind (7%) knowledgeable (14%) logical (14%) loving (7%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (7%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (7%) powerful (35%) proud (21%) quiet (7%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (14%) searching (0%) self-assertive (21%) self-conscious (7%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (7%) silly (21%) spontaneous (7%) sympathetic (0%) tense (14%) trustworthy (28%) warm (0%) wise (7%) witty (35%)
Guy thinks: energetic, witty, powerful, idealistic, brave, dependable.
desiree thinks: complex, independent, kind, tense, energetic.
me thinks: responsive, proud, brave, complex, witty, loving.
Hokaten thinks: confident, self-assertive, responsive, knowledgeable, bold, intelligent.
Emily thinks: intelligent, proud, able, complex, logical.
bethany thinks: able, brave, trustworthy, confident, dependable, silly.
Erin 3 thinks: brave, intelligent, witty, silly, caring, trustworthy.
Alex The LADD thinks: confident, bold, powerful, wise, dependable, trustworthy.
Dwight thinks: confident, spontaneous, brave, ingenious, dependable, witty.
Steve Hood thinks: calm, shy, quiet, nervous, patient, tense.
Mandy thinks: accepting, independent, bold, silly, witty, intelligent.
Christiaan thinks: dependable, intelligent, trustworthy, logical, powerful.
adrie thinks: self-assertive, self-conscious, brave, knowledgeable, independent, powerful.
Matthew thinks: powerful, bold, proud, self-assertive, confident.
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