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 Vicky Johnson's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaadaptableconfident energetic independent self-assertive | Blind Spotablebold caring cheerful dependable dignified friendly happy helpful intelligent knowledgeable mature powerful proud religious searching self-conscious silly trustworthy warm |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeextroverted | Unknownaccepting brave calm clever complex giving idealistic ingenious introverted kind logical loving modest nervous observant organised patient quiet reflective relaxed responsive sensible sentimental shy spontaneous sympathetic tense wise witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (28%) accepting (0%) adaptable (42%) bold (28%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (14%) cheerful (28%) clever (0%) complex (0%) confident (42%) dependable (28%) dignified (14%) energetic (28%) extroverted (0%) friendly (42%) giving (0%) happy (28%) helpful (14%) idealistic (0%) independent (14%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (28%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (14%) logical (0%) loving (0%) mature (14%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (14%) proud (28%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (28%) responsive (0%) searching (14%) self-assertive (14%) self-conscious (14%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (14%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (14%) warm (14%) wise (0%) witty (0%)
Christy thinks: proud, intelligent, energetic, mature, religious, adaptable.
evil twin thinks: dependable, intelligent, knowledgeable, powerful, religious, trustworthy.
Amy thinks: able, friendly, caring, dependable, searching, cheerful.
Jules thinks: bold, energetic, silly, friendly, adaptable, happy.
Paige thinks: confident, cheerful, warm, friendly, happy.
Nicole F thinks: bold, confident, able, helpful, self-assertive.
Your friend thinks: adaptable, self-conscious, proud, independent, confident, dignified.
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