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 Whippo's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenafriendlyhelpful knowledgeable trustworthy witty | Blind Spotableaccepting bold brave calm caring cheerful clever complex confident dependable dignified energetic happy idealistic independent intelligent kind logical loving mature observant patient powerful proud quiet reflective religious searching self-assertive sentimental silly spontaneous warm wise |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownadaptable extroverted giving ingenious introverted modest nervous organised relaxed responsive self-conscious sensible shy sympathetic tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (18%) accepting (18%) adaptable (0%) bold (6%) brave (12%) calm (6%) caring (43%) cheerful (12%) clever (12%) complex (18%) confident (18%) dependable (6%) dignified (6%) energetic (6%) extroverted (0%) friendly (18%) giving (0%) happy (12%) helpful (25%) idealistic (6%) independent (12%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (12%) introverted (0%) kind (6%) knowledgeable (25%) logical (12%) loving (12%) mature (6%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (12%) organised (0%) patient (12%) powerful (12%) proud (6%) quiet (6%) reflective (6%) relaxed (0%) religious (25%) responsive (0%) searching (6%) self-assertive (12%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (12%) shy (0%) silly (12%) spontaneous (6%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (37%) warm (6%) wise (6%) witty (31%)
Wifey thinks: loving, helpful, patient, trustworthy, self-assertive, logical.
leenie79 thinks: friendly, sentimental, searching, complex, confident.
Amy Magee thinks: accepting, logical, caring, helpful, complex, witty.
Katie thinks: bold, cheerful, reflective, witty, able.
Christoph thinks: friendly, witty, happy, trustworthy, dependable.
Pandy thinks: observant, religious, powerful, confident, knowledgeable, dignified.
J-Train thinks: clever, knowledgeable, witty, helpful, trustworthy.
guess thinks: independent, confident, spontaneous, brave, powerful.
Derek thinks: happy, energetic, clever, caring, trustworthy.
anonymous thinks: accepting, caring, knowledgeable, trustworthy, silly, religious.
anonymous thinks: sentimental, caring, silly, idealistic, religious, loving.
Mateo thinks: able, brave, caring, calm, patient, knowledgeable.
Jacklyn thinks: accepting, caring, quiet, trustworthy, kind.
theonefrommaine thinks: witty, religious, able, complex, proud, intelligent.
Keebs thinks: friendly, independent, intelligent, observant, self-assertive, helpful.
scary kid thinks: caring, cheerful, mature, warm, wise.
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