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 Ndi's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacheerfulself-conscious shy silly | Blind Spotacceptingadaptable bold caring complex confident dignified friendly helpful intelligent introverted kind knowledgeable loving mature modest nervous observant patient proud quiet reflective responsive searching sentimental spontaneous trustworthy warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeidealisticsympathetic | Unknownable brave calm clever dependable energetic extroverted giving happy independent ingenious logical organised powerful relaxed religious self-assertive sensible tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (16%) adaptable (8%) bold (8%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (25%) cheerful (33%) clever (0%) complex (25%) confident (8%) dependable (0%) dignified (8%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (33%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (8%) idealistic (0%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (33%) introverted (16%) kind (33%) knowledgeable (16%) logical (0%) loving (25%) mature (8%) modest (25%) nervous (8%) observant (8%) organised (0%) patient (8%) powerful (0%) proud (8%) quiet (8%) reflective (16%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (8%) searching (8%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (25%) sensible (0%) sentimental (25%) shy (16%) silly (25%) spontaneous (8%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (8%) warm (16%) wise (0%) witty (25%)
Cristina thinks: caring, complex, introverted, kind, modest, sentimental.
Josh thinks: friendly, knowledgeable, warm, witty, modest, mature.
forget_that_day thinks: reflective, sentimental, silly, spontaneous, complex.
Bigfoot! thinks: cheerful, friendly, intelligent, silly, kind.
TK thinks: cheerful, modest, loving, nervous, responsive, shy.
leeloo thinks: , sentimental, cheerful, cheerful, loving, self-conscious.
krisi thinks: complex, introverted, shy, quiet, self-conscious, observant.
Papa Smurfensteiner thinks: friendly, kind, caring, intelligent, witty, accepting.
Ktulu thinks: friendly, kind, caring, intelligent, witty, accepting.
Anonymous thinks: bold, knowledgeable, proud, searching, self-conscious.
kate thinks: loving, silly, trustworthy, confident, helpful.
777 thinks: warm, reflective, intelligent, dignified, adaptable, patient.
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