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 Brande's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacomplexknowledgeable nervous | Blind Spotacceptingadaptable bold clever confident dependable friendly independent ingenious intelligent introverted kind loving mature modest observant powerful quiet religious self-assertive self-conscious trustworthy witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadesentimentalspontaneous | Unknownable brave calm caring cheerful dignified energetic extroverted giving happy helpful idealistic logical organised patient proud reflective relaxed responsive searching sensible shy silly sympathetic tense warm wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (14%) adaptable (14%) bold (14%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (0%) cheerful (0%) clever (28%) complex (28%) confident (14%) dependable (42%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (28%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (14%) ingenious (14%) intelligent (28%) introverted (28%) kind (14%) knowledgeable (14%) logical (0%) loving (14%) mature (14%) modest (14%) nervous (42%) observant (14%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (14%) proud (0%) quiet (14%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (14%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (14%) self-conscious (14%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (42%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (14%)
Gaj thinks: dependable, friendly, introverted, modest, nervous.
Sarah thinks: clever, friendly, self-assertive, accepting, intelligent.
jayme thinks: quiet, kind, witty, intelligent, trustworthy.
Aaryn thinks: knowledgeable, independent, dependable, observant, trustworthy, powerful.
Mandy thinks: confident, trustworthy, bold, clever, mature, dependable.
DAVE thinks: nervous, complex, self-conscious, ingenious, introverted.
Craig thinks: loving, nervous, religious, adaptable, complex.
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