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 Valancy Jane's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenabravefriendly loving warm | Blind Spotacceptingbold caring cheerful clever complex confident dependable energetic giving happy independent intelligent kind mature religious self-assertive sentimental silly spontaneous tense trustworthy wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeadaptableobservant | Unknownable calm dignified extroverted helpful idealistic ingenious introverted knowledgeable logical modest nervous organised patient powerful proud quiet reflective relaxed responsive searching self-conscious sensible shy sympathetic |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (30%) adaptable (0%) bold (10%) brave (20%) calm (0%) caring (30%) cheerful (30%) clever (10%) complex (10%) confident (10%) dependable (20%) dignified (0%) energetic (10%) extroverted (0%) friendly (30%) giving (30%) happy (20%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (20%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (30%) introverted (0%) kind (10%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (20%) mature (10%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (10%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (10%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (30%) shy (0%) silly (20%) spontaneous (10%) sympathetic (0%) tense (10%) trustworthy (20%) warm (40%) wise (10%) witty (40%)
Ruan thinks: friendly, intelligent, clever, warm, spontaneous, dependable.
Michael Tyas thinks: caring, dependable, giving, happy, loving.
Tris thinks: accepting, independent, sentimental, witty, giving.
melissa.in.london thinks: independent, caring, warm, intelligent, cheerful, sentimental.
becky thinks: friendly, witty, happy, trustworthy, confident.
rvds thinks: trustworthy, warm, wise, witty, tense.
Bathroom Reading thinks: accepting, giving, complex, sentimental, religious.
rebekah thinks: bold, cheerful, friendly, kind, witty, silly.
Fred thinks: silly, brave, energetic, self-assertive, cheerful, warm.
karen thinks: accepting, caring, brave, intelligent, loving, mature.
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