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 Harry Leg's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaintrovertedkind quiet sympathetic witty | Blind Spotacceptingcaring cheerful clever complex energetic friendly giving happy independent ingenious intelligent knowledgeable loving modest observant patient relaxed responsive searching sentimental shy silly spontaneous trustworthy warm |
| Not Known to Others | Façadewise | Unknownable adaptable bold brave calm confident dependable dignified extroverted helpful idealistic logical mature nervous organised powerful proud reflective religious self-assertive self-conscious sensible tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (16%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (50%) cheerful (8%) clever (25%) complex (8%) confident (0%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (8%) extroverted (0%) friendly (25%) giving (16%) happy (41%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (8%) ingenious (8%) intelligent (16%) introverted (16%) kind (16%) knowledgeable (8%) logical (0%) loving (33%) mature (0%) modest (8%) nervous (0%) observant (25%) organised (0%) patient (16%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (16%) reflective (0%) relaxed (16%) religious (0%) responsive (8%) searching (16%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (16%) shy (8%) silly (16%) spontaneous (8%) sympathetic (25%) tense (0%) trustworthy (8%) warm (41%) wise (0%) witty (25%)
Alessia thinks: quiet, caring, giving, modest, witty.
yui thinks: knowledgeable, happy, caring, loving, patient, kind.
Colly thinks: happy, observant, relaxed, witty, responsive.
Cloudy thinks: happy, giving, patient, quiet, sympathetic, sentimental.
lilredjammies thinks: loving, shy, sentimental, warm, intelligent, silly.
McKenna thinks: observant, silly, witty, introverted, searching, clever.
LadyC thinks: friendly, caring, warm, kind, sympathetic.
hugo thinks: accepting, caring, intelligent, loving, trustworthy, warm.
Belegon thinks: ingenious, independent, observant, spontaneous, clever, caring.
Jett thinks: caring, friendly, happy, loving, relaxed, warm.
elizabethwest thinks: searching, clever, complex, introverted, sympathetic.
Honey thinks: friendly, energetic, accepting, cheerful, happy, warm.
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