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 Martin Jude's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaacceptingintroverted self-conscious | Blind Spotboldcaring clever complex confident friendly giving idealistic independent intelligent kind logical loving mature nervous observant powerful quiet searching shy silly tense trustworthy witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeknowledgeablereflective warm | Unknownable adaptable brave calm cheerful dependable dignified energetic extroverted happy helpful ingenious modest organised patient proud relaxed religious responsive self-assertive sensible sentimental spontaneous sympathetic wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (12%) adaptable (0%) bold (12%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (25%) cheerful (0%) clever (12%) complex (25%) confident (25%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (12%) giving (12%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (12%) independent (12%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (50%) introverted (25%) kind (50%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (12%) loving (12%) mature (12%) modest (0%) nervous (25%) observant (25%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (12%) proud (0%) quiet (12%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (12%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (37%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (12%) silly (12%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (25%) trustworthy (37%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (12%)
Jamie Staples thinks: nervous, tense, searching, introverted, self-conscious, complex.
ang thinks: kind, self-conscious, silly, trustworthy, caring.
Ashley Kelloway thinks: caring, intelligent, trustworthy, idealistic, witty, friendly.
Jens thinks: nervous, tense, quiet, shy, introverted, self-conscious.
neil thinks: confident, trustworthy, observant, logical, clever, powerful.
Sarah Bedley thinks: confident, giving, intelligent, kind, bold.
betty staples thinks: intelligent, loving, observant, kind, complex.
Marrion Braunstein thinks: independent, , intelligent, mature, kind, accepting.
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