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 CowPi's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaintelligentloving reflective religious searching sympathetic | Blind Spotableaccepting calm caring dependable dignified energetic friendly giving happy helpful independent kind knowledgeable logical mature modest observant patient powerful responsive self-assertive self-conscious sensible trustworthy warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownadaptable bold brave cheerful clever complex confident extroverted idealistic ingenious introverted nervous organised proud quiet relaxed sentimental shy silly spontaneous tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (7%) accepting (50%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (14%) caring (14%) cheerful (0%) clever (0%) complex (0%) confident (0%) dependable (21%) dignified (14%) energetic (7%) extroverted (0%) friendly (14%) giving (14%) happy (7%) helpful (7%) idealistic (0%) independent (7%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (50%) introverted (0%) kind (14%) knowledgeable (14%) logical (7%) loving (35%) mature (21%) modest (7%) nervous (0%) observant (21%) organised (0%) patient (7%) powerful (7%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (21%) relaxed (0%) religious (21%) responsive (7%) searching (21%) self-assertive (7%) self-conscious (7%) sensible (7%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (14%) tense (0%) trustworthy (28%) warm (21%) wise (35%) witty (7%)
Deb thinks: accepting, caring, logical, searching, wise, reflective.
Hope thinks: reflective, happy, modest, kind, loving, accepting.
emily m thinks: accepting, dependable, giving, patient, wise, trustworthy.
Caitlin thinks: warm, wise, loving, intelligent, accepting, dependable.
DUDE thinks: intelligent, loving, religious, knowledgeable, friendly.
LindaOK thinks: observant, giving, caring, helpful, responsive.
... thinks: calm, warm, loving, intelligent, observant, trustworthy.
Crystal thinks: intelligent, able, reflective, observant, sympathetic, self-conscious.
alexa thinks: warm, intelligent, mature, religious, accepting, searching.
kelly thinks: accepting, dignified, intelligent, religious, knowledgeable.
doreen thinks: loving, sympathetic, friendly, trustworthy, mature.
Louise. (You don't know me!) thinks: dignified, intelligent, wise, mature, searching.
andrew thinks: calm, accepting, kind, trustworthy, sensible, wise.
Renu_K thinks: independent, energetic, witty, dependable, powerful, self-assertive.
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