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 | Arenaableaccepting bold complex self-conscious spontaneous | Blind Spotadaptablecaring clever confident energetic extroverted friendly happy helpful idealistic independent ingenious intelligent kind knowledgeable logical mature modest nervous observant proud relaxed searching self-assertive sensible sentimental silly sympathetic tense trustworthy wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownbrave calm cheerful dependable dignified giving introverted loving organised patient powerful quiet reflective religious responsive shy warm |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (8%) accepting (4%) adaptable (4%) bold (29%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (4%) cheerful (0%) clever (20%) complex (33%) confident (29%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (25%) extroverted (25%) friendly (33%) giving (0%) happy (4%) helpful (4%) idealistic (20%) independent (16%) ingenious (8%) intelligent (33%) introverted (0%) kind (4%) knowledgeable (12%) logical (33%) loving (0%) mature (4%) modest (4%) nervous (4%) observant (12%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (16%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (4%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (12%) self-assertive (29%) self-conscious (16%) sensible (4%) sentimental (8%) shy (0%) silly (20%) spontaneous (16%) sympathetic (8%) tense (8%) trustworthy (4%) warm (0%) wise (8%) witty (25%)
munenori2 thinks: confident, self-assertive, logical, independent, intelligent.
You Will Work thinks: proud, spontaneous, bold, extroverted, complex, sympathetic.
PotatoSpirit thinks: clever, energetic, self-assertive, witty, ingenious, complex.
Joy thinks: proud, intelligent, helpful, friendly, confident, searching.
Ez thinks: independent, tense, observant, intelligent, energetic, idealistic.
Slacker Mom thinks: spontaneous, energetic, bold, witty, logical.
discojoe thinks: clever, extroverted, logical, self-conscious, witty.
eunice thinks: able, accepting, bold, complex, intelligent, self-assertive.
niffweed17 thinks: self-assertive, spontaneous, witty, able, confident.
MysticSonic thinks: clever, idealistic, logical, silly, friendly, intelligent.
Diana thinks: silly, self-conscious, extroverted, idealistic, confident.
anonymous thinks: self-conscious, tense, nervous, complex, proud.
fdg thinks: independent, friendly, complex, clever, self-conscious.
ScarlettLux thinks: ingenious, proud, spontaneous, energetic, extroverted, silly.
tereg thinks: intelligent, self-assertive, relaxed, confident, complex, sensible.
Ishy thinks: friendly, knowledgeable, caring, logical, trustworthy, sympathetic.
Expat thinks: extroverted, knowledgeable, logical, intelligent, witty, friendly.
BLauritson thinks: logical, observant, friendly, bold, confident, knowledgeable.
Mea thinks: bold, clever, logical, observant, complex, self-assertive.
ckj thinks: happy, friendly, independent, sentimental, modest, silly.
glamourama thinks: energetic, silly, searching, friendly, extroverted, bold.
Gilly thinks: intelligent, energetic, wise, adaptable, sentimental.
woofwoofl thinks: bold, complex, idealistic, confident, self-assertive, searching.
anonymous thinks: wise, witty, mature, kind, idealistic.
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