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 SimonB's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenafriendlyknowledgeable witty | Blind Spotadaptablecalm caring cheerful clever confident dependable dignified energetic extroverted helpful idealistic independent ingenious intelligent kind logical modest nervous observant organised proud reflective religious responsive searching sensible silly trustworthy warm |
| Not Known to Others | Façadegivingsentimental spontaneous | Unknownable accepting bold brave complex happy introverted loving mature patient powerful quiet relaxed self-assertive self-conscious shy sympathetic tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (0%) adaptable (10%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (10%) caring (10%) cheerful (30%) clever (20%) complex (0%) confident (30%) dependable (10%) dignified (10%) energetic (10%) extroverted (10%) friendly (30%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (10%) idealistic (50%) independent (20%) ingenious (10%) intelligent (40%) introverted (0%) kind (10%) knowledgeable (20%) logical (10%) loving (0%) mature (0%) modest (10%) nervous (10%) observant (10%) organised (30%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (10%) quiet (0%) reflective (20%) relaxed (0%) religious (10%) responsive (10%) searching (10%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (10%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (10%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (20%) warm (20%) wise (0%) witty (20%)
Eve thinks: intelligent, idealistic, clever, friendly, silly.
kmberkit thinks: caring, idealistic, kind, modest, intelligent.
Cheeky thinks: friendly, calm, dignified, proud, religious, adaptable.
anon thinks: warm, independent, nervous, idealistic, reflective, responsive.
JudyK thinks: confident, cheerful, idealistic, witty, searching.
Jiewuh thinks: energetic, cheerful, knowledgeable, ingenious, friendly, idealistic.
Erica Schwarz thinks: cheerful, trustworthy, warm, witty, extroverted.
Wilma1 thinks: knowledgeable, trustworthy, intelligent, organised, dependable, logical.
Ea2 thinks: confident, intelligent, observant, organised, reflective, helpful.
Loretto thinks: clever, independent, confident, sensible, organised.
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