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 Catherine of Maryland's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaablecheerful modest observant religious | Blind Spotcalmcaring clever confident dependable friendly happy helpful independent intelligent kind knowledgeable loving mature reflective sensible sympathetic trustworthy warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadequiet | Unknownaccepting adaptable bold brave complex dignified energetic extroverted giving idealistic ingenious introverted logical nervous organised patient powerful proud relaxed responsive searching self-assertive self-conscious sentimental shy silly spontaneous tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (28%) accepting (0%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (14%) caring (28%) cheerful (42%) clever (14%) complex (0%) confident (28%) dependable (28%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (28%) giving (0%) happy (14%) helpful (14%) idealistic (0%) independent (14%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (28%) introverted (0%) kind (14%) knowledgeable (28%) logical (0%) loving (28%) mature (28%) modest (14%) nervous (0%) observant (14%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (14%) relaxed (0%) religious (28%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (28%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (14%) tense (0%) trustworthy (14%) warm (28%) wise (14%) witty (28%)
Stacey thinks: cheerful, loving, religious, knowledgeable, dependable, caring.
Lisa thinks: friendly, intelligent, cheerful, dependable, confident.
Zuke thinks: caring, wise, trustworthy, reflective, independent, confident.
1 Tine thinks: mature, happy, religious, sensible, sympathetic, kind.
deannavs thinks: calm, cheerful, knowledgeable, friendly, warm, helpful.
Mom thinks: sensible, clever, witty, warm, able, loving.
Dad thinks: witty, able, intelligent, modest, mature, observant.
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