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 Una's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenahappyindependent intelligent observant trustworthy witty | Blind Spotableaccepting calm caring cheerful clever complex confident dependable energetic extroverted friendly helpful idealistic kind knowledgeable logical loving mature organised patient proud reflective religious responsive self-assertive silly spontaneous warm wise |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownadaptable bold brave dignified giving ingenious introverted modest nervous powerful quiet relaxed searching self-conscious sensible sentimental shy sympathetic tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (21%) accepting (14%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (7%) caring (35%) cheerful (7%) clever (14%) complex (7%) confident (35%) dependable (21%) dignified (0%) energetic (21%) extroverted (7%) friendly (14%) giving (0%) happy (7%) helpful (7%) idealistic (7%) independent (42%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (42%) introverted (0%) kind (14%) knowledgeable (35%) logical (7%) loving (7%) mature (14%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (7%) organised (21%) patient (7%) powerful (0%) proud (14%) quiet (0%) reflective (14%) relaxed (0%) religious (7%) responsive (7%) searching (0%) self-assertive (28%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (7%) spontaneous (7%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (28%) warm (7%) wise (7%) witty (21%)
Taisto thinks: independent, dependable, self-assertive, warm, organised, able.
_lhd_ thinks: self-assertive, dependable, idealistic, knowledgeable, trustworthy, caring.
Jeff thinks: caring, intelligent, clever, trustworthy, patient, silly.
Adam thinks: intelligent, confident, independent, self-assertive, complex, energetic.
asatira thinks: reflective, mature, intelligent, energetic, spontaneous, cheerful.
Bob thinks: confident, independent, knowledgeable, proud, responsive, witty.
Altrux thinks: able, calm, friendly, intelligent, religious.
Mel thinks: knowledgeable, confident, organised, able, caring.
lycorne thinks: witty, independent, intelligent, kind, caring.
Eric Smith thinks: caring, confident, intelligent, knowledgeable, mature, witty.
Torval thinks: accepting, independent, proud, self-assertive, helpful, dependable.
Ghost thinks: independent, organised, trustworthy, clever, loving, confident.
erin thinks: knowledgeable, trustworthy, kind, energetic, reflective, observant.
Jesi thinks: extroverted, friendly, happy, wise, logical, accepting.
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