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 Wil's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacomplexdependable introverted | Blind Spotableaccepting bold calm caring cheerful confident energetic extroverted friendly helpful independent intelligent kind loving mature modest observant organised reflective relaxed responsive searching sensible sentimental silly sympathetic trustworthy wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeproudquiet self-conscious | Unknownadaptable brave clever dignified giving happy idealistic ingenious knowledgeable logical nervous patient powerful religious self-assertive shy spontaneous tense warm |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (21%) accepting (7%) adaptable (0%) bold (14%) brave (0%) calm (7%) caring (35%) cheerful (7%) clever (0%) complex (7%) confident (7%) dependable (28%) dignified (0%) energetic (21%) extroverted (7%) friendly (14%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (35%) idealistic (0%) independent (21%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (50%) introverted (7%) kind (7%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (7%) mature (14%) modest (7%) nervous (0%) observant (28%) organised (7%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (14%) relaxed (7%) religious (0%) responsive (7%) searching (14%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (35%) sentimental (35%) shy (0%) silly (14%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (14%) tense (0%) trustworthy (35%) warm (0%) wise (7%) witty (14%)
Molly thinks: able, friendly, dependable, witty, intelligent, reflective.
pooj! thinks: trustworthy, caring, dependable, intelligent, silly.
Brian thinks: bold, witty, caring, complex, observant, responsive.
Chris thinks: caring, trustworthy, reflective, mature, wise.
Jenn thinks: loving, intelligent, dependable, searching, sympathetic, kind.
Alex thinks: helpful, intelligent, searching, sympathetic, modest, silly.
lilin thinks: cheerful, intelligent, observant, sentimental, friendly, sensible.
LmLxD thinks: energetic, bold, sentimental, able, organised, observant.
shirr thinks: introverted, independent, trustworthy, accepting, observant.
winntjh thinks: independent, sensible, relaxed, calm, energetic.
junbin thinks: extroverted, sensible, confident, mature, independent, helpful.
nilsaj! thinks: caring, sensible, sentimental, helpful, trustworthy.
(^ _ ^) thinks: energetic, sentimental, sensible, intelligent, able, helpful.
kris thinks: caring, dependable, intelligent, helpful, trustworthy, sentimental.
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