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 Jennafifi's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaconfidentloving trustworthy | Blind Spotacceptingbold caring cheerful dependable energetic extroverted friendly giving independent intelligent knowledgeable mature reflective responsive self-assertive self-conscious silly witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeadaptableclever spontaneous | Unknownable brave calm complex dignified happy helpful idealistic ingenious introverted kind logical modest nervous observant organised patient powerful proud quiet relaxed religious searching sensible sentimental shy sympathetic tense warm wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (28%) adaptable (0%) bold (14%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (28%) cheerful (14%) clever (0%) complex (0%) confident (42%) dependable (42%) dignified (0%) energetic (42%) extroverted (14%) friendly (28%) giving (28%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (14%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (28%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (14%) logical (0%) loving (42%) mature (14%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (14%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (14%) searching (0%) self-assertive (28%) self-conscious (28%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (14%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (42%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (28%)
Izzy thinks: extroverted, responsive, witty, giving, cheerful, accepting.
the sauce thinks: bold, loving, mature, trustworthy, caring, dependable.
Lobster thinks: loving, knowledgeable, dependable, caring, trustworthy, confident.
Jenn thinks: energetic, friendly, confident, self-assertive, self-conscious.
David thinks: trustworthy, loving, intelligent, energetic, silly, accepting.
Nate thinks: energetic, friendly, confident, self-assertive, self-conscious.
anonymous thinks: dependable, giving, independent, witty, reflective, intelligent.
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