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 Hannah J.'s.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenadependablemature organised tense | Blind Spotablebold brave caring cheerful clever complex confident dignified energetic extroverted friendly happy helpful independent intelligent kind loving observant proud self-assertive self-conscious sensible silly spontaneous trustworthy warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadesympathetic | Unknownaccepting adaptable calm giving idealistic ingenious introverted knowledgeable logical modest nervous patient powerful quiet reflective relaxed religious responsive searching sentimental shy |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (6%) accepting (0%) adaptable (0%) bold (12%) brave (6%) calm (0%) caring (18%) cheerful (43%) clever (37%) complex (12%) confident (18%) dependable (12%) dignified (6%) energetic (31%) extroverted (18%) friendly (37%) giving (0%) happy (31%) helpful (12%) idealistic (0%) independent (6%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (25%) introverted (0%) kind (6%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (18%) mature (12%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (18%) organised (25%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (6%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (25%) self-conscious (6%) sensible (6%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (12%) spontaneous (37%) sympathetic (0%) tense (6%) trustworthy (6%) warm (12%) wise (6%) witty (31%)
Where's creative on this list! thinks: friendly, helpful, witty, observant, caring, happy.
Mel thinks: friendly, organised, cheerful, helpful, self-assertive, wise.
thinks: complex, intelligent, organised, sensible, self-conscious, tense.
David F-H thinks: witty, clever, complex, observant, trustworthy, energetic.
Kevin thinks: bold, clever, dependable, spontaneous, organised, caring.
anonymous thinks: confident, friendly, loving, happy, extroverted, spontaneous.
http: thinks: cheerful, clever, intelligent, mature, witty.
Feesh thinks: caring, cheerful, energetic, mature, organised, witty.
charlie thinks: cheerful, happy, friendly, observant, silly, warm.
Miriam thinks: brave, clever, independent, proud, loving, energetic.
greta thinks: confident, dependable, loving, self-assertive, spontaneous, clever.
Catie thinks: cheerful, intelligent, able, warm, kind.
Beth thinks: spontaneous, self-assertive, energetic, bold, cheerful.
Sally thinks: happy, energetic, cheerful, friendly, spontaneous, silly.
Carolyn thinks: extroverted, happy, self-assertive, confident, clever, friendly.
MEGAN thinks: dignified, extroverted, spontaneous, witty, intelligent.
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