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 Travis Sarandos's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacaringenergetic friendly independent self-conscious silly | Blind Spotacceptingbold calm cheerful clever complex confident dependable giving happy ingenious intelligent introverted knowledgeable logical loving modest observant powerful proud self-assertive sensible sentimental shy spontaneous trustworthy witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownable adaptable brave dignified extroverted helpful idealistic kind mature nervous organised patient quiet reflective relaxed religious responsive searching sympathetic tense warm wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (6%) adaptable (0%) bold (6%) brave (0%) calm (6%) caring (6%) cheerful (13%) clever (13%) complex (20%) confident (6%) dependable (6%) dignified (0%) energetic (26%) extroverted (0%) friendly (40%) giving (20%) happy (40%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (6%) ingenious (13%) intelligent (13%) introverted (6%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (20%) logical (26%) loving (20%) mature (0%) modest (13%) nervous (0%) observant (6%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (6%) proud (6%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (26%) self-conscious (20%) sensible (6%) sentimental (13%) shy (6%) silly (40%) spontaneous (26%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (33%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (33%)
Sven thinks: silly, energetic, happy, witty, spontaneous, trustworthy.
Mike Jones thinks: , silly, calm, trustworthy, knowledgeable, energetic.
ducks thinks: friendly, ingenious, cheerful, self-assertive, happy.
Hannah thinks: trustworthy, silly, loving, intelligent, giving, happy.
we used to sing thinks: ingenious, self-conscious, clever, observant, sentimental, complex.
Jessica Lococo thinks: trustworthy, friendly, silly, modest, complex.
Kaity thinks: accepting, witty, spontaneous, energetic, friendly.
Heather D thinks: spontaneous, happy, friendly, caring, introverted.
Susie Arndt thinks: cheerful, logical, silly, confident, self-conscious.
Kirsten : ) thinks: clever, intelligent, knowledgeable, loving, witty, sensible.
Cassius thinks: bold, logical, trustworthy, witty, self-assertive, happy.
Bob T. Builder thinks: witty, complex, spontaneous, sentimental, self-assertive, independent.
Me thinks: loving, friendly, giving, shy, happy, modest.
Iono thinks: silly, logical, knowledgeable, giving, energetic, friendly.
casey thinks: self-assertive, powerful, self-conscious, logical, proud, dependable.
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