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 Not Affraid's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaextrovertedfriendly happy responsive silly spontaneous | Blind Spotableaccepting adaptable bold brave caring cheerful clever complex confident dignified energetic giving independent ingenious intelligent kind knowledgeable loving observant powerful proud relaxed searching self-assertive self-conscious sentimental trustworthy warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknowncalm dependable helpful idealistic introverted logical mature modest nervous organised patient quiet reflective religious sensible shy sympathetic tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (5%) accepting (25%) adaptable (20%) bold (20%) brave (10%) calm (0%) caring (10%) cheerful (15%) clever (15%) complex (10%) confident (25%) dependable (0%) dignified (5%) energetic (20%) extroverted (50%) friendly (25%) giving (5%) happy (10%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (30%) ingenious (5%) intelligent (30%) introverted (0%) kind (5%) knowledgeable (20%) logical (0%) loving (15%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (10%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (20%) proud (5%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (5%) religious (0%) responsive (5%) searching (5%) self-assertive (40%) self-conscious (5%) sensible (0%) sentimental (5%) shy (0%) silly (20%) spontaneous (40%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (5%) warm (20%) wise (0%) witty (20%)
lspooreeyorick thinks: happy, accepting, warm, spontaneous, extroverted, intelligent.
bornieo thinks: witty, spontaneous, confident, brave, loving, accepting.
cemeinke thinks: adaptable, bold, independent, complex, intelligent, friendly.
Greg thinks: self-assertive, extroverted, spontaneous, able, proud, silly.
Steph thinks: self-assertive, knowledgeable, extroverted, complex, spontaneous, clever.
erica thinks: intelligent, independent, confident, extroverted, powerful, self-assertive.
Ponine thinks: accepting, adaptable, friendly, giving, observant, trustworthy.
Gemmini Crickket thinks: cheerful, witty, spontaneous, knowledgeable, responsive.
wendybeth thinks: intelligent, independent, caring, brave, silly, kind.
tracilicious thinks: witty, warm, self-assertive, adaptable, powerful, clever.
Moonliner thinks: extroverted, energetic, sentimental, cheerful, spontaneous.
Steve thinks: intelligent, clever, energetic, knowledgeable, self-conscious, spontaneous.
Sarah thinks: intelligent, happy, ingenious, observant, energetic, friendly.
prudence-ethelberga thinks: adaptable, bold, extroverted, confident, independent, silly.
scaeagles thinks: accepting, caring, extroverted, loving, warm.
Kevin thinks: independent, extroverted, searching, bold, powerful, self-assertive.
mbc thinks: dignified, relaxed, warm, friendly, confident, accepting.
matterhorn fan thinks: bold, energetic, extroverted, self-assertive, confident.
CoasterMatt thinks: loving, self-assertive, knowledgeable, friendly, witty, powerful.
Tramspotter thinks: spontaneous, extroverted, independent, silly, self-assertive, cheerful.
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