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 Lafcadio's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaintelligentintroverted knowledgeable logical patient witty | Blind Spotableaccepting adaptable bold brave calm caring cheerful clever complex confident dependable energetic friendly happy independent kind mature modest observant organised quiet reflective relaxed shy silly trustworthy warm wise |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknowndignified extroverted giving helpful idealistic ingenious loving nervous powerful proud religious responsive searching self-assertive self-conscious sensible sentimental spontaneous sympathetic tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (13%) accepting (26%) adaptable (6%) bold (6%) brave (13%) calm (20%) caring (20%) cheerful (6%) clever (13%) complex (6%) confident (13%) dependable (33%) dignified (0%) energetic (6%) extroverted (0%) friendly (13%) giving (0%) happy (6%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (6%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (46%) introverted (6%) kind (13%) knowledgeable (46%) logical (6%) loving (0%) mature (6%) modest (6%) nervous (0%) observant (6%) organised (20%) patient (13%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (6%) reflective (13%) relaxed (13%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (13%) silly (46%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (33%) warm (6%) wise (40%) witty (13%)
PEZ thinks: knowledgeable, confident, caring, intelligent, organised.
Caitlyn thinks: calm, confident, dependable, intelligent, silly, happy.
R-Drop thinks: clever, wise, knowledgeable, cheerful, observant.
Maria thinks: bold, calm, complex, silly, kind, brave.
M thinks: dependable, intelligent, quiet, shy, wise, able.
Sasquatch thinks: friendly, trustworthy, dependable, witty, wise, intelligent.
Luke thinks: intelligent, mature, warm, wise, organised.
Paco thinks: knowledgeable, clever, reflective, modest, organised, accepting.
Banana thinks: relaxed, caring, introverted, knowledgeable, silly, friendly.
Rosalind thinks: knowledgeable, accepting, trustworthy, silly, wise, kind.
Hope thinks: independent, accepting, logical, reflective, able.
snowflake thinks: accepting, dependable, wise, trustworthy, silly, patient.
Dad thinks: intelligent, witty, dependable, knowledgeable, silly, trustworthy.
Gus Gus thinks: energetic, brave, adaptable, caring, patient, knowledgeable.
Me thinks: calm, shy, trustworthy, silly, relaxed, intelligent.
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