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 DANorris's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenafriendlyloving observant religious sympathetic wise | Blind Spotacceptingbold caring clever complex dependable giving intelligent knowledgeable mature patient reflective sentimental spontaneous trustworthy warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownable adaptable brave calm cheerful confident dignified energetic extroverted happy helpful idealistic independent ingenious introverted kind logical modest nervous organised powerful proud quiet relaxed responsive searching self-assertive self-conscious sensible shy silly tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (12%) adaptable (0%) bold (12%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (37%) cheerful (0%) clever (25%) complex (12%) confident (0%) dependable (12%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (37%) giving (25%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (37%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (12%) logical (0%) loving (12%) mature (12%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (37%) organised (0%) patient (12%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (12%) relaxed (0%) religious (50%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (37%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (50%) sympathetic (12%) tense (0%) trustworthy (12%) warm (37%) wise (37%) witty (12%)
meg thinks: friendly, religious, caring, reflective, clever.
deborah thinks: caring, giving, observant, trustworthy, intelligent, wise.
brian thinks: friendly, mature, spontaneous, bold, warm.
katie thinks: religious, warm, wise, sentimental, intelligent, sympathetic.
a thinks: observant, patient, religious, accepting, caring, friendly.
Chris Stephens thinks: intelligent, spontaneous, dependable, giving, observant, clever.
Adam Chan thinks: spontaneous, loving, sentimental, religious, complex, knowledgeable.
Michael thinks: warm, wise, witty, spontaneous, sentimental.
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