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 Toasty McGee's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arena | Blind Spotacceptingadaptable brave caring cheerful clever confident dignified energetic friendly independent ingenious intelligent kind logical mature modest observant reflective responsive searching self-conscious sensible silly spontaneous trustworthy warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownable bold calm complex dependable extroverted giving happy helpful idealistic introverted knowledgeable loving nervous organised patient powerful proud quiet relaxed religious self-assertive sentimental shy sympathetic tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (14%) adaptable (14%) bold (0%) brave (28%) calm (0%) caring (14%) cheerful (14%) clever (42%) complex (0%) confident (14%) dependable (0%) dignified (28%) energetic (28%) extroverted (0%) friendly (28%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (14%) ingenious (14%) intelligent (14%) introverted (0%) kind (14%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (14%) loving (0%) mature (14%) modest (14%) nervous (0%) observant (14%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (14%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (14%) searching (28%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (14%) sensible (28%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (28%) spontaneous (28%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (14%) warm (14%) wise (0%) witty (14%)
Noodly-Doo thinks: independent, brave, clever, caring, trustworthy.
nick thinks: warm, silly, friendly, brave, witty.
mouse mouse thinks: kind, energetic, ingenious, silly, spontaneous.
Jessica thinks: searching, observant, intelligent, dignified, reflective, logical.
Sabiha thinks: confident, friendly, cheerful, energetic, clever, sensible.
holy calamity scream insanity thinks: spontaneous, sensible, adaptable, clever, responsive.
poohead thinks: accepting, dignified, self-conscious, searching, modest, mature.
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