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 Harveyjames's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenafriendlyobservant searching self-conscious | Blind Spotableadaptable bold calm caring cheerful clever confident energetic giving happy ingenious intelligent introverted knowledgeable logical mature modest nervous proud relaxed shy silly spontaneous tense warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeacceptingidealistic | Unknownbrave complex dependable dignified extroverted helpful independent kind loving organised patient powerful quiet reflective religious responsive self-assertive sensible sentimental sympathetic trustworthy wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (9%) accepting (0%) adaptable (18%) bold (9%) brave (0%) calm (9%) caring (18%) cheerful (18%) clever (18%) complex (0%) confident (18%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (27%) extroverted (0%) friendly (27%) giving (9%) happy (18%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (0%) ingenious (45%) intelligent (36%) introverted (9%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (18%) logical (9%) loving (0%) mature (9%) modest (9%) nervous (9%) observant (27%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (9%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (9%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (9%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (18%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (27%) silly (27%) spontaneous (36%) sympathetic (0%) tense (9%) trustworthy (0%) warm (18%) wise (0%) witty (45%)
anna thinks: silly, ingenious, witty, searching, tense.
steamedbun thinks: knowledgeable, nervous, shy, energetic, witty, warm.
yah thinks: cheerful, shy, ingenious, mature, relaxed, proud.
justsomeone thinks: clever, happy, logical, spontaneous, witty.
sweetmary thinks: friendly, knowledgeable, spontaneous, ingenious, energetic, happy.
saderakki thinks: caring, friendly, giving, self-conscious, shy, silly.
martin thinks: self-conscious, intelligent, observant, adaptable, ingenious, introverted.
eleanor thinks: confident, observant, calm, warm, friendly, intelligent.
beck thinks: ingenious, caring, witty, intelligent, observant, able.
twee thinks: bold, clever, confident, intelligent, witty, spontaneous.
goromek thinks: energetic, modest, spontaneous, silly, adaptable, cheerful.
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