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 Yankeebob's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacomplexfriendly independent intelligent witty | Blind Spotacceptingbold caring cheerful clever confident dependable energetic extroverted happy knowledgeable mature modest observant powerful reflective relaxed responsive searching self-conscious sentimental shy silly spontaneous warm |
| Not Known to Others | Façadetrustworthy | Unknownable adaptable brave calm dignified giving helpful idealistic ingenious introverted kind logical loving nervous organised patient proud quiet religious self-assertive sensible sympathetic tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (16%) adaptable (0%) bold (25%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (8%) cheerful (8%) clever (16%) complex (33%) confident (16%) dependable (33%) dignified (0%) energetic (8%) extroverted (8%) friendly (33%) giving (0%) happy (8%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (25%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (41%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (16%) logical (0%) loving (0%) mature (8%) modest (8%) nervous (0%) observant (25%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (8%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (25%) relaxed (8%) religious (0%) responsive (8%) searching (8%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (16%) sensible (0%) sentimental (8%) shy (8%) silly (16%) spontaneous (33%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (0%) warm (16%) wise (0%) witty (33%)
peachy thinks: complex, silly, warm, dependable, confident.
Madley thinks: spontaneous, energetic, observant, knowledgeable, accepting, bold.
Summer thinks: extroverted, independent, spontaneous, friendly, relaxed.
Jarod thinks: bold, confident, happy, intelligent, reflective.
Jen H thinks: spontaneous, witty, independent, dependable, complex, bold.
DixieBelle thinks: friendly, shy, cheerful, intelligent, silly, clever.
spacebrain thinks: complex, friendly, reflective, spontaneous, sentimental.
fan thinks: searching, self-conscious, intelligent, responsive, complex.
Allie J thinks: powerful, warm, witty, observant, knowledgeable, caring.
georgie thinks: modest, dependable, reflective, self-conscious, witty.
Lars thinks: clever, independent, intelligent, mature, accepting.
PlatinumGirl thinks: witty, observant, dependable, intelligent, friendly.
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