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 Harrlequin's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenafriendlyintelligent loving sympathetic trustworthy | Blind Spotableaccepting bold calm caring complex confident energetic extroverted giving happy helpful independent knowledgeable logical observant patient responsive searching sensible silly warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeshy | Unknownadaptable brave cheerful clever dependable dignified idealistic ingenious introverted kind mature modest nervous organised powerful proud quiet reflective relaxed religious self-assertive self-conscious sentimental spontaneous tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (12%) accepting (25%) adaptable (0%) bold (12%) brave (0%) calm (12%) caring (25%) cheerful (0%) clever (0%) complex (12%) confident (12%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (12%) extroverted (12%) friendly (25%) giving (25%) happy (12%) helpful (25%) idealistic (0%) independent (12%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (50%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (12%) logical (25%) loving (37%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (25%) organised (0%) patient (12%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (12%) searching (37%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (12%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (12%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (12%) tense (0%) trustworthy (25%) warm (25%) wise (0%) witty (12%)
V_M thinks: friendly, giving, searching, loving, warm.
bronzeage thinks: trustworthy, caring, giving, loving, intelligent, complex.
Anonymous thinks: able, helpful, accepting, observant, confident, friendly.
fred thinks: loving, patient, sympathetic, trustworthy, helpful.
Emptor thinks: calm, knowledgeable, logical, searching, sensible, silly.
charlie thinks: accepting, caring, happy, intelligent, energetic.
raised eyebrows thinks: independent, searching, intelligent, extroverted, responsive, warm.
fray thinks: witty, observant, logical, intelligent, bold.
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