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 Beth Bankowski's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacomplexidealistic intelligent loving searching spontaneous | Blind Spotacceptingbold brave calm caring cheerful clever confident dependable dignified energetic extroverted friendly giving happy helpful independent introverted kind mature modest nervous observant organised patient powerful proud quiet reflective relaxed responsive self-assertive self-conscious sensible sentimental shy silly sympathetic trustworthy warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownable adaptable ingenious knowledgeable logical religious tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (12%) adaptable (0%) bold (12%) brave (6%) calm (3%) caring (29%) cheerful (9%) clever (9%) complex (19%) confident (3%) dependable (12%) dignified (9%) energetic (25%) extroverted (12%) friendly (29%) giving (16%) happy (19%) helpful (6%) idealistic (16%) independent (9%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (45%) introverted (6%) kind (12%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (12%) mature (12%) modest (3%) nervous (9%) observant (6%) organised (3%) patient (3%) powerful (3%) proud (6%) quiet (6%) reflective (19%) relaxed (3%) religious (0%) responsive (3%) searching (9%) self-assertive (9%) self-conscious (22%) sensible (6%) sentimental (6%) shy (19%) silly (25%) spontaneous (12%) sympathetic (3%) tense (0%) trustworthy (3%) warm (19%) wise (3%) witty (9%)
anonymous thinks: energetic, sympathetic, warm, friendly, sentimental, introverted.
Alison thinks: dignified, intelligent, searching, shy, warm, self-conscious.
Devon thinks: friendly, reflective, organised, intelligent, spontaneous, witty.
ariestar thinks: searching, shy, giving, clever, self-conscious, friendly.
Aislynn thinks: accepting, idealistic, kind, quiet, mature, clever.
Chris thinks: shy, energetic, caring, intelligent, searching.
Mark NP thinks: idealistic, introverted, intelligent, nervous, quiet, shy.
lizzy thinks: sentimental, reflective, silly, giving, idealistic.
K thinks: energetic, happy, intelligent, spontaneous, brave, proud.
FLASH (ah ahhhh!!) thinks: calm, dependable, happy, intelligent, independent, reflective.
kari thinks: energetic, responsive, caring, intelligent, self-assertive, bold.
Alex Boyer thinks: caring, happy, patient, relaxed, silly, warm.
Marium Rizvi thinks: energetic, self-assertive, silly, dignified, friendly, extroverted.
Thor thinks: clever, silly, spontaneous, extroverted, intelligent.
Portuguese Sailor thinks: warm, friendly, kind, sensible, intelligent, dependable.
anonymous thinks: complex, self-conscious, reflective, silly, dignified.
C thinks: caring, cheerful, intelligent, kind, friendly, trustworthy.
michael verra thinks: accepting, bold, brave, loving, shy.
Tiara Lanzot thinks: self-assertive, bold, cheerful, confident, friendly, independent.
Bob Mulcahy thinks: intelligent, self-conscious, observant, witty, energetic, silly.
smiley thinks: accepting, loving, happy, giving, mature, caring.
Kevin Tong thinks: intelligent, proud, spontaneous, complex, reflective.
John thinks: extroverted, energetic, bold, complex, powerful, caring.
Kim thinks: friendly, loving, dependable, helpful, sensible, warm.
Oliver thinks: accepting, caring, giving, silly, shy, idealistic.
Karl Rove thinks: complex, modest, self-conscious, reflective, witty, independent.
Me thinks: nervous, giving, caring, silly, self-conscious, idealistic.
dev thinks: warm, loving, mature, helpful, cheerful, friendly.
Melodyanne thinks: happy, intelligent, kind, mature, dependable.
anonymous thinks: self-conscious, happy, intelligent, complex, nervous.
John thinks: complex, extroverted, wise, caring, energetic, observant.
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