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 Gilly's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacheerfuldependable helpful intelligent kind organised | Blind Spotableaccepting brave calm caring clever complex confident dignified energetic friendly happy independent knowledgeable loving mature modest observant religious responsive self-assertive sensible sentimental shy silly spontaneous sympathetic trustworthy warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownadaptable bold extroverted giving idealistic ingenious introverted logical nervous patient powerful proud quiet reflective relaxed searching self-conscious tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (15%) accepting (10%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (5%) calm (10%) caring (31%) cheerful (42%) clever (10%) complex (15%) confident (5%) dependable (15%) dignified (10%) energetic (5%) extroverted (0%) friendly (26%) giving (0%) happy (5%) helpful (15%) idealistic (0%) independent (21%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (15%) introverted (0%) kind (10%) knowledgeable (10%) logical (0%) loving (21%) mature (5%) modest (10%) nervous (0%) observant (5%) organised (5%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (47%) responsive (5%) searching (0%) self-assertive (10%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (15%) sentimental (15%) shy (5%) silly (10%) spontaneous (10%) sympathetic (5%) tense (0%) trustworthy (21%) warm (36%) wise (0%) witty (31%)
Jenn thinks: religious, loving, independent, trustworthy, warm.
Chanaleh thinks: friendly, clever, religious, witty, caring, cheerful.
androidqueen thinks: accepting, caring, cheerful, helpful, loving, warm.
Jenn thinks: warm, loving, religious, independent, trustworthy.
bismuthobsidian thinks: able, cheerful, intelligent, loving, dependable, sensible.
urban_faerie thinks: friendly, caring, accepting, energetic, responsive.
spwebdesign thinks: religious, dignified, cheerful, warm, sensible, complex.
lillibet thinks: dependable, friendly, independent, religious, warm, trustworthy.
Amy Lee Bennett thinks: calm, cheerful, sympathetic, helpful, kind.
quilla thinks: warm, trustworthy, modest, organised, sentimental.
hotpoint thinks: witty, helpful, caring, mature, calm, religious.
Bill thinks: brave, independent, cheerful, witty, self-assertive, religious.
guxx thinks: sentimental, friendly, cheerful, witty, knowledgeable.
Christine! thinks: kind, shy, silly, dependable, caring.
trowa_barton thinks: happy, dignified, religious, observant, silly, warm.
rmd thinks: intelligent, religious, friendly, sentimental, cheerful.
Dan thinks: knowledgeable, spontaneous, caring, complex, modest, sensible.
niffweed17 thinks: self-assertive, spontaneous, witty, confident, able.
Derpdeederpdeederpityderp thinks: complex, intelligent, able, clever, witty.
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