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 JT's Johari Window's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacleverextroverted reflective self-conscious sympathetic tense | Blind Spotacceptingadaptable brave caring cheerful complex confident dependable dignified energetic friendly giving idealistic independent intelligent logical observant organised responsive self-assertive sentimental spontaneous trustworthy warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownable bold calm happy helpful ingenious introverted kind knowledgeable loving mature modest nervous patient powerful proud quiet relaxed religious searching sensible shy silly wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (22%) adaptable (11%) bold (0%) brave (22%) calm (0%) caring (11%) cheerful (11%) clever (33%) complex (22%) confident (33%) dependable (11%) dignified (11%) energetic (22%) extroverted (22%) friendly (11%) giving (22%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (11%) independent (22%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (33%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (11%) loving (0%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (11%) organised (11%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (33%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (22%) searching (0%) self-assertive (22%) self-conscious (11%) sensible (0%) sentimental (11%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (11%) sympathetic (11%) tense (33%) trustworthy (11%) warm (11%) wise (0%) witty (33%)
Orange thinks: accepting, extroverted, intelligent, self-assertive, dependable, warm.
almsthvn thinks: clever, giving, reflective, tense, witty, brave.
Lindsay thinks: extroverted, energetic, witty, cheerful, giving.
Liz thinks: caring, clever, friendly, responsive, sympathetic, witty.
aidan mcdonald thinks: confident, observant, logical, intelligent, brave.
PavaniVemuri thinks: tense, trustworthy, adaptable, dignified, spontaneous, complex.
beth thinks: complex, tense, sentimental, energetic, organised, self-assertive.
Candice thinks: independent, intelligent, accepting, confident, reflective, responsive.
hello thinks: clever, confident, idealistic, independent, reflective, self-conscious.
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