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 Giusi's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacheerfulfriendly intelligent trustworthy | Blind Spotacceptingbold brave caring clever confident dependable dignified energetic extroverted giving helpful idealistic kind knowledgeable logical loving modest observant proud reflective relaxed religious searching self-conscious sentimental shy silly spontaneous sympathetic warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeindependentself-assertive | Unknownable adaptable calm complex happy ingenious introverted mature nervous organised patient powerful quiet responsive sensible tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (20%) adaptable (0%) bold (20%) brave (6%) calm (0%) caring (33%) cheerful (26%) clever (6%) complex (0%) confident (33%) dependable (13%) dignified (6%) energetic (40%) extroverted (13%) friendly (46%) giving (6%) happy (0%) helpful (13%) idealistic (26%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (13%) introverted (0%) kind (6%) knowledgeable (6%) logical (6%) loving (20%) mature (0%) modest (6%) nervous (0%) observant (6%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (20%) quiet (0%) reflective (6%) relaxed (6%) religious (6%) responsive (0%) searching (6%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (6%) sensible (0%) sentimental (33%) shy (6%) silly (33%) spontaneous (6%) sympathetic (6%) tense (0%) trustworthy (33%) warm (6%) wise (6%) witty (6%)
Michelle thinks: bold, dignified, observant, proud, cheerful, witty.
anonymous thinks: friendly, cheerful, bold, brave, accepting, warm.
Rachael thinks: idealistic, trustworthy, intelligent, silly, bold, reflective.
anon thinks: confident, cheerful, silly, energetic, idealistic.
Liz thinks: friendly, energetic, caring, intelligent, trustworthy, confident.
Kurt thinks: loving, trustworthy, energetic, dependable, accepting, sentimental.
AcNaRf thinks: caring, spontaneous, loving, searching, extroverted.
oo thinks: idealistic, friendly, trustworthy, energetic, shy, self-conscious.
Jamie thinks: silly, helpful, friendly, energetic, extroverted, confident.
Your MoM thinks: silly, religious, sentimental, confident, proud.
the pinch man thinks: knowledgeable, silly, helpful, confident, relaxed, modest.
Kate thinks: cheerful, caring, giving, friendly, wise, sentimental.
B thinks: friendly, clever, kind, logical, sentimental.
a friend thinks: idealistic, caring, dependable, sentimental, trustworthy, loving.
Lisa thinks: accepting, caring, friendly, energetic, sympathetic, proud.
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