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 Karen Rani's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaclevercomplex friendly happy helpful | Blind Spotableaccepting adaptable bold brave caring cheerful confident dependable dignified energetic extroverted giving idealistic independent ingenious intelligent kind knowledgeable logical loving mature modest nervous observant powerful proud quiet reflective religious responsive searching self-assertive self-conscious sensible sentimental shy silly spontaneous sympathetic trustworthy warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknowncalm introverted organised patient relaxed tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (28%) accepting (6%) adaptable (9%) bold (9%) brave (12%) calm (0%) caring (12%) cheerful (12%) clever (15%) complex (6%) confident (25%) dependable (9%) dignified (3%) energetic (15%) extroverted (12%) friendly (28%) giving (15%) happy (15%) helpful (12%) idealistic (6%) independent (21%) ingenious (9%) intelligent (21%) introverted (0%) kind (15%) knowledgeable (6%) logical (3%) loving (18%) mature (3%) modest (3%) nervous (3%) observant (6%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (3%) proud (6%) quiet (3%) reflective (9%) relaxed (0%) religious (3%) responsive (12%) searching (3%) self-assertive (9%) self-conscious (6%) sensible (3%) sentimental (9%) shy (3%) silly (28%) spontaneous (6%) sympathetic (6%) tense (0%) trustworthy (15%) warm (12%) wise (6%) witty (37%)
NinjaPoodles thinks: clever, able, giving, helpful, warm, responsive.
tiiana thinks: observant, mature, cheerful, confident, able.
Angela thinks: wise, loving, brave, dignified, friendly, warm.
OneLazyLesbian thinks: giving, helpful, kind, loving, warm, witty.
amanda thinks: witty, cheerful, friendly, happy, independent.
ichbinich thinks: confident, able, independent, proud, energetic, bold.
Christina thinks: witty, friendly, energetic, independent, ingenious.
Beth (The Jury is Still Out) thinks: reflective, brave, witty, searching, independent, intelligent.
Anne Pirlot thinks: confident, extroverted, bold, witty, self-assertive.
KentuckyGirl thinks: logical, independent, trustworthy, clever, kind, witty.
pickleness thinks: witty, able, silly, responsive, ingenious.
Miss Ann Thrope thinks: clever, energetic, friendly, silly, witty, happy.
angiebellas thinks: confident, giving, silly, caring, happy, trustworthy.
lori thinks: shy, sentimental, nervous, friendly, giving, complex.
3 thinks: religious, powerful, modest, kind, idealistic.
MzThang thinks: caring, friendly, quiet, reflective, kind, loving.
sharpal thinks: extroverted, witty, intelligent, cheerful, silly, clever.
Tripmom thinks: trustworthy, silly, dependable, independent, complex.
Jim G thinks: confident, ingenious, silly, wise, extroverted.
Amber thinks: dependable, sensible, trustworthy, able, intelligent.
Brad thinks: silly, self-conscious, idealistic, cheerful, accepting.
Sarah thinks: able, friendly, helpful, energetic, responsive.
clare thinks: spontaneous, witty, intelligent, happy, brave, adaptable.
big D thinks: able, confident, independent, knowledgeable, loving.
Karen thinks: dependable, trustworthy, sympathetic, sentimental, silly, loving.
annarain thinks: able, friendly, caring, happy, loving, adaptable.
margalit thinks: bold, clever, friendly, reflective, responsive, helpful.
anon thinks: confident, self-conscious, extroverted, energetic, self-assertive.
janbi thinks: confident, intelligent, observant, spontaneous, kind.
JavaJabber thinks: adaptable, giving, self-assertive, witty, knowledgeable.
Becky thinks: able, accepting, brave, caring, intelligent, witty.
Megz thinks: proud, sentimental, intelligent, silly, sympathetic, warm.
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