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 Tamidon's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaableconfident dependable self-assertive wise | Blind Spotacceptingadaptable bold brave calm caring cheerful clever complex dignified energetic extroverted friendly giving independent intelligent knowledgeable loving mature observant organised patient powerful proud searching self-conscious sensible silly trustworthy witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadehelpful | Unknownhappy idealistic ingenious introverted kind logical modest nervous quiet reflective relaxed religious responsive sentimental shy spontaneous sympathetic tense warm |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (36%) accepting (5%) adaptable (21%) bold (31%) brave (10%) calm (5%) caring (21%) cheerful (15%) clever (26%) complex (21%) confident (42%) dependable (15%) dignified (5%) energetic (5%) extroverted (26%) friendly (5%) giving (21%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (15%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (26%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (15%) logical (0%) loving (15%) mature (15%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (5%) organised (26%) patient (5%) powerful (5%) proud (10%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (5%) self-assertive (31%) self-conscious (5%) sensible (21%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (5%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (15%) warm (0%) wise (15%) witty (21%)
Jess thinks: adaptable, extroverted, giving, independent, self-assertive, clever.
Steph thinks: sensible, intelligent, witty, confident, clever, brave.
anotherjen thinks: bold, energetic, wise, able, witty, self-conscious.
trowa_barton thinks: organised, mature, intelligent, dignified, able, confident.
Miranda thinks: able, mature, organised, trustworthy, confident.
quietann thinks: bold, complex, extroverted, organised, independent, powerful.
Persis thinks: cheerful, clever, complex, confident, knowledgeable, self-assertive.
FJ!! thinks: dependable, caring, cheerful, sensible, able, searching.
pookfreak thinks: bold, proud, trustworthy, wise, giving, complex.
donnad thinks: confident, giving, intelligent, loving, proud, complex.
cat thinks: extroverted, extroverted, self-assertive, confident, dependable, observant.
slfisher thinks: calm, patient, giving, accepting, caring.
wren13 thinks: able, caring, clever, dependable, independent, intelligent.
bethr thinks: organised, self-assertive, sensible, brave, adaptable.
meri thinks: able, adaptable, bold, knowledgeable, loving, mature.
pixie_ysral thinks: bold, caring, cheerful, friendly, wise, witty.
drbitch thinks: extroverted, self-assertive, able, confident, sensible, knowledgeable.
hammercock thinks: self-assertive, witty, confident, bold, loving.
tikvah thinks: adaptable, trustworthy, organised, clever, silly, intelligent.
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