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 Carly Gordon's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenabravecaring friendly sympathetic warm | Blind Spotableaccepting adaptable bold cheerful clever complex confident dependable dignified energetic extroverted giving helpful ingenious intelligent introverted kind knowledgeable loving mature modest observant organised powerful proud reflective responsive searching sensible sentimental silly spontaneous trustworthy wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknowncalm happy idealistic independent logical nervous patient quiet relaxed religious self-assertive self-conscious shy tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (8%) accepting (12%) adaptable (4%) bold (8%) brave (12%) calm (0%) caring (40%) cheerful (8%) clever (28%) complex (12%) confident (4%) dependable (8%) dignified (4%) energetic (8%) extroverted (8%) friendly (48%) giving (8%) happy (0%) helpful (4%) idealistic (0%) independent (0%) ingenious (16%) intelligent (48%) introverted (8%) kind (12%) knowledgeable (8%) logical (0%) loving (28%) mature (4%) modest (4%) nervous (0%) observant (44%) organised (4%) patient (0%) powerful (4%) proud (4%) quiet (0%) reflective (24%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (4%) searching (4%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (8%) sentimental (20%) shy (0%) silly (24%) spontaneous (12%) sympathetic (8%) tense (0%) trustworthy (8%) warm (24%) wise (16%) witty (20%)
Mavarin thinks: friendly, complex, loving, dependable, organised, reflective.
Aunt Nub thinks: caring, clever, modest, observant, wise, kind.
Steven thinks: intelligent, caring, reflective, spontaneous, sentimental, brave.
Gordy thinks: caring, friendly, giving, loving, sympathetic, silly.
Becky thinks: brave, cheerful, intelligent, observant, reflective.
Barb thinks: kind, friendly, knowledgeable, loving, warm, responsive.
natalie thinks: loving, ingenious, wise, proud, warm, trustworthy.
Gaboatman thinks: clever, complex, intelligent, sentimental, friendly.
Betty thinks: able, ingenious, intelligent, witty, energetic.
KIMBERLEIGH thinks: confident, extroverted, intelligent, observant, reflective, spontaneous.
Spencer thinks: friendly, sentimental, caring, loving, sensible, clever.
Coy @ Dancing in the Rain thinks: caring, clever, dependable, observant, reflective, witty.
Celeste thinks: caring, knowledgeable, friendly, searching, adaptable, powerful.
Robin thinks: caring, clever, friendly, warm, able, observant.
Spencer thinks: sentimental, ingenious, dignified, intelligent, mature, sensible.
Phin thinks: helpful, intelligent, observant, wise, witty, clever.
Connie thinks: friendly, caring, accepting, observant, loving, silly.
wil thinks: warm, silly, complex, intelligent, introverted, observant.
alan thinks: trustworthy, witty, clever, silly, caring, sentimental.
Dan thinks: silly, warm, sympathetic, intelligent, observant, giving.
fdtate thinks: bold, extroverted, friendly, intelligent, warm, spontaneous.
Pamela (lanurseprn@aol.com) thinks: brave, ingenious, intelligent, loving, witty, observant.
Monae thinks: friendly, intelligent, wise, kind, , accepting.
Patrick thinks: caring, observant, reflective, friendly, accepting, introverted.
anonymous thinks: friendly, cheerful, silly, energetic, bold.
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