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 Crys's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaboldintelligent kind silly witty | Blind Spotacceptingbrave caring cheerful clever complex dependable energetic friendly giving happy independent knowledgeable loving self-assertive sympathetic trustworthy warm wise |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeextroverted | Unknownable adaptable calm confident dignified helpful idealistic ingenious introverted logical mature modest nervous observant organised patient powerful proud quiet reflective relaxed religious responsive searching self-conscious sensible sentimental shy spontaneous tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (12%) adaptable (0%) bold (12%) brave (12%) calm (0%) caring (25%) cheerful (12%) clever (12%) complex (12%) confident (0%) dependable (37%) dignified (0%) energetic (12%) extroverted (0%) friendly (25%) giving (37%) happy (12%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (25%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (50%) introverted (0%) kind (12%) knowledgeable (50%) logical (0%) loving (25%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (12%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (25%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (25%) tense (0%) trustworthy (37%) warm (25%) wise (12%) witty (37%)
Ange thinks: independent, silly, intelligent, dependable, witty.
Mary thinks: intelligent, silly, friendly, witty, knowledgeable.
It's a secret thinks: dependable, giving, warm, happy, intelligent, knowledgeable.
khrystyne thinks: bold, clever, cheerful, caring, loving, trustworthy.
Waggy thinks: sympathetic, kind, knowledgeable, loving, trustworthy, brave.
Jess thinks: sympathetic, witty, energetic, trustworthy, complex.
Julie thinks: friendly, intelligent, wise, knowledgeable, giving, self-assertive.
Fey thinks: accepting, caring, dependable, giving, independent, warm.
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