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