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 Jennith Peart's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaadaptabledependable friendly intelligent kind trustworthy | Blind Spotableaccepting bold brave calm caring cheerful clever complex confident dignified energetic extroverted giving happy helpful idealistic independent introverted knowledgeable logical loving mature modest nervous observant organised patient powerful quiet reflective searching sensible sentimental shy silly spontaneous sympathetic warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknowningenious proud relaxed religious responsive self-assertive self-conscious tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (8%) accepting (19%) adaptable (8%) bold (2%) brave (2%) calm (2%) caring (25%) cheerful (30%) clever (11%) complex (16%) confident (11%) dependable (5%) dignified (2%) energetic (33%) extroverted (2%) friendly (33%) giving (16%) happy (2%) helpful (13%) idealistic (5%) independent (30%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (44%) introverted (11%) kind (27%) knowledgeable (19%) logical (11%) loving (11%) mature (2%) modest (11%) nervous (2%) observant (8%) organised (2%) patient (5%) powerful (2%) proud (0%) quiet (5%) reflective (11%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (5%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (5%) sentimental (2%) shy (5%) silly (19%) spontaneous (25%) sympathetic (2%) tense (0%) trustworthy (11%) warm (16%) wise (8%) witty (8%)
Blaine Bernard thinks: modest, organised, intelligent, cheerful, confident, friendly.
JB thinks: kind, spontaneous, warm, giving, caring, brave.
Colin Peart thinks: independent, energetic, introverted, cheerful, silly.
Nancy thinks: complex, extroverted, spontaneous, adaptable, energetic, friendly.
Tricia thinks: intelligent, observant, spontaneous, independent, friendly.
Twocats thinks: complex, knowledgeable, independent, accepting, sensible, reflective.
Gabriel! thinks: energetic, loving, silly, spontaneous, warm, witty.
Sherrie thinks: energetic, spontaneous, friendly, reflective, clever, independent.
Holly thinks: energetic, sensible, logical, knowledgeable, calm, cheerful.
Kirsten Otis thinks: intelligent, introverted, trustworthy, observant, giving.
Alex Page thinks: independent, powerful, dependable, giving, mature, modest.
HEATHER thinks: logical, complex, bold, energetic, knowledgeable.
LauraB thinks: intelligent, logical, friendly, helpful, accepting, modest.
mom thinks: adaptable, idealistic, independent, loving, intelligent, cheerful.
lothyn thinks: wise, modest, searching, intelligent, energetic, complex.
jean thinks: knowledgeable, intelligent, patient, reflective, trustworthy, warm.
Tania thinks: caring, cheerful, friendly, independent, clever.
Lynn thinks: friendly, idealistic, witty, knowledgeable, cheerful.
Kendra thinks: warm, silly, loving, intelligent, friendly, kind.
Simone thinks: witty, silly, shy, caring, intelligent.
swing-kitten thinks: clever, intelligent, warm, silly, caring, accepting.
Sue P thinks: energetic, friendly, intelligent, warm, caring, kind.
Jen thinks: quiet, caring, dependable, adaptable, complex, giving.
Michelle LeBlanc thinks: energetic, cheerful, giving, intelligent, logical, silly.
Jason thinks: accepting, independent, kind, spontaneous, trustworthy.
Lorraine thinks: intelligent, accepting, observant, kind, wise, independent.
Connie thinks: confident, cheerful, accepting, reflective, knowledgeable, searching.
Julia thinks: energetic, helpful, spontaneous, wise, cheerful, able.
Claire thinks: friendly, caring, introverted, patient, quiet, loving.
Shannon thinks: intelligent, helpful, kind, confident, cheerful, clever.
Aime thinks: caring, cheerful, silly, kind, independent, confident.
Patrick Ahearn thinks: sentimental, spontaneous, trustworthy, energetic, giving, friendly.
Andrea Kilpatrick thinks: accepting, energetic, happy, sympathetic, spontaneous, knowledgeable.
Emma thinks: able, shy, complex, intelligent, kind, nervous.
h2ok9 thinks: able, caring, dignified, helpful, kind.
Maigwynn thinks: friendly, intelligent, introverted, kind, helpful, independent.
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