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 Emily McMahan's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaconfidentenergetic friendly independent loving witty | Blind Spotablebold caring cheerful complex happy helpful intelligent introverted kind knowledgeable mature powerful proud self-assertive silly tense trustworthy wise |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownaccepting adaptable brave calm clever dependable dignified extroverted giving idealistic ingenious logical modest nervous observant organised patient quiet reflective relaxed religious responsive searching self-conscious sensible sentimental shy spontaneous sympathetic warm |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
62% of people agree that Emily McMahan is confident
able (12%) accepting (0%) adaptable (0%) bold (12%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (37%) cheerful (12%) clever (0%) complex (25%) confident (62%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (12%) extroverted (0%) friendly (25%) giving (0%) happy (12%) helpful (12%) idealistic (0%) independent (50%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (12%) introverted (12%) kind (12%) knowledgeable (12%) logical (0%) loving (25%) mature (37%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (37%) proud (37%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (25%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (12%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (12%) trustworthy (25%) warm (0%) wise (12%) witty (12%)
Ana Maria thinks: powerful, caring, confident, independent, mature, trustworthy.
Bitch thinks: proud, complex, able, self-assertive, bold, confident.
Ellen thinks: independent, energetic, intelligent, loving, confident, powerful.
Christie thinks: friendly, independent, self-assertive, happy, caring.
Emily W thinks: witty, loving, independent, confident, helpful, mature.
christy thinks: cheerful, friendly, silly, kind, trustworthy.
Jacob thinks: proud, confident, complex, powerful, tense.
anonymous thinks: knowledgeable, mature, introverted, wise, caring, proud.
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