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 Trent DeWhite's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaconfidenthelpful logical organised trustworthy | Blind Spotableadaptable bold brave calm caring cheerful clever complex dependable dignified energetic friendly intelligent kind knowledgeable loving mature observant patient powerful relaxed sensible silly wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeintroverted | Unknownaccepting extroverted giving happy idealistic independent ingenious modest nervous proud quiet reflective religious responsive searching self-assertive self-conscious sentimental shy spontaneous sympathetic tense warm |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (25%) accepting (0%) adaptable (16%) bold (8%) brave (16%) calm (16%) caring (16%) cheerful (16%) clever (25%) complex (8%) confident (50%) dependable (25%) dignified (8%) energetic (8%) extroverted (0%) friendly (50%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (16%) idealistic (0%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (33%) introverted (0%) kind (16%) knowledgeable (25%) logical (16%) loving (8%) mature (16%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (8%) organised (16%) patient (8%) powerful (8%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (8%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (16%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (8%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (16%) warm (0%) wise (16%) witty (8%)
Jessica (CA) thinks: trustworthy, patient, caring, friendly, confident, knowledgeable.
pc pro thinks: friendly, clever, trustworthy, organised, confident.
pc pro thinks: confident, friendly, dependable, cheerful, organised.
Monday thinks: helpful, intelligent, kind, relaxed, clever, dependable.
oftexas thinks: wise, observant, logical, friendly, witty.
Laura Ingalls thinks: able, confident, dignified, knowledgeable, sensible.
anonymous thinks: powerful, energetic, cheerful, logical, confident.
Haystack thinks: intelligent, confident, mature, kind, wise, silly.
2.71828 thinks: able, calm, adaptable, dependable, friendly, intelligent.
macnut thinks: able, complex, friendly, intelligent, mature.
Sibby thinks: brave, adaptable, loving, knowledgeable, sensible.
Lucy Shultz thinks: bold, brave, clever, caring, calm, helpful.
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