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 ScaryShari's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaacceptingfriendly idealistic intelligent silly sympathetic | Blind Spotablebold caring cheerful clever confident dependable dignified energetic extroverted giving happy helpful independent ingenious introverted kind knowledgeable logical loving mature observant organised patient powerful proud quiet reflective relaxed religious responsive self-conscious sentimental spontaneous trustworthy warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownadaptable brave calm complex modest nervous searching self-assertive sensible shy tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (5%) accepting (22%) adaptable (0%) bold (11%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (27%) cheerful (27%) clever (5%) complex (0%) confident (11%) dependable (11%) dignified (5%) energetic (11%) extroverted (22%) friendly (44%) giving (16%) happy (16%) helpful (22%) idealistic (33%) independent (11%) ingenious (5%) intelligent (33%) introverted (5%) kind (16%) knowledgeable (5%) logical (11%) loving (11%) mature (11%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (5%) organised (5%) patient (5%) powerful (5%) proud (5%) quiet (5%) reflective (11%) relaxed (5%) religious (5%) responsive (5%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (5%) sensible (0%) sentimental (22%) shy (0%) silly (11%) spontaneous (5%) sympathetic (11%) tense (0%) trustworthy (5%) warm (22%) wise (5%) witty (11%)
MadameU thinks: friendly, happy, spontaneous, cheerful, accepting, extroverted.
sabbathunter thinks: cheerful, extroverted, warm, caring, reflective.
Michele thinks: clever, cheerful, mature, caring, logical, kind.
Lorie thinks: caring, loving, sentimental, extroverted, helpful, warm.
Becky R. thinks: accepting, friendly, idealistic, silly, kind.
Minah thinks: friendly, wise, caring, sympathetic, reflective, confident.
justjesi thinks: warm, helpful, friendly, kind, intelligent.
me thinks: friendly, idealistic, sympathetic, sentimental, caring, cheerful.
beckerbuns thinks: accepting, intelligent, warm, witty, friendly, responsive.
soojaebi thinks: friendly, sentimental, cheerful, silly, extroverted, giving.
milgwimper thinks: witty, knowledgeable, intelligent, able, idealistic, energetic.
jj thinks: dependable, dignified, happy, intelligent, ingenious, giving.
jay thinks: idealistic, religious, helpful, observant, self-conscious.
katie thinks: confident, independent, proud, intelligent, bold.
pooja thinks: accepting, bold, happy, idealistic, logical, powerful.
deepa thinks: independent, trustworthy, dependable, helpful, organised, quiet.
anonymous2 thinks: idealistic, sentimental, giving, loving, friendly, intelligent.
john thinks: relaxed, patient, mature, introverted, energetic.
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