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 Heather Stewart's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaextrovertedfriendly loving sentimental silly witty | Blind Spotableaccepting adaptable bold calm caring cheerful clever dependable dignified energetic giving idealistic independent intelligent introverted kind knowledgeable modest observant organised reflective self-assertive sensible trustworthy warm |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownbrave complex confident happy helpful ingenious logical mature nervous patient powerful proud quiet relaxed religious responsive searching self-conscious shy spontaneous sympathetic tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (7%) accepting (15%) adaptable (7%) bold (7%) brave (0%) calm (7%) caring (38%) cheerful (38%) clever (7%) complex (0%) confident (0%) dependable (7%) dignified (7%) energetic (15%) extroverted (46%) friendly (30%) giving (7%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (15%) independent (23%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (46%) introverted (7%) kind (23%) knowledgeable (23%) logical (0%) loving (23%) mature (0%) modest (7%) nervous (0%) observant (7%) organised (7%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (7%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (15%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (23%) sentimental (7%) shy (0%) silly (30%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (15%) warm (7%) wise (0%) witty (46%)
shannon paris thinks: witty, silly, self-assertive, modest, extroverted.
Kristina thinks: friendly, witty, cheerful, caring, extroverted, kind.
Kristina Lynn thinks: adaptable, idealistic, independent, introverted, observant, reflective.
LaurenHill :) thinks: accepting, independent, extroverted, clever, energetic, intelligent.
Amanda thinks: intelligent, caring, warm, extroverted, trustworthy, loving.
mims thinks: giving, cheerful, energetic, bold, intelligent, idealistic.
Megan Agee The One and Only!!! thinks: caring, cheerful, organised, witty, intelligent, knowledgeable.
erik thinks: calm, friendly, accepting, caring, silly, loving.
Sam(not miriam's brother) thinks: loving, sensible, witty, sentimental, kind, caring.
Lane thinks: intelligent, dignified, self-assertive, extroverted, kind, sensible.
Heather M. thinks: cheerful, knowledgeable, independent, witty, intelligent, silly.
kristinfriend thinks: friendly, silly, knowledgeable, able, extroverted, sensible.
Erica thinks: friendly, trustworthy, witty, cheerful, dependable.
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