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 helenafish's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaacceptingadaptable intelligent loving reflective wise | Blind Spotablebold brave calm cheerful complex dependable dignified friendly giving idealistic independent kind knowledgeable mature nervous quiet searching self-conscious sensible shy silly spontaneous sympathetic tense trustworthy warm |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknowncaring clever confident energetic extroverted happy helpful ingenious introverted logical modest observant organised patient powerful proud relaxed religious responsive self-assertive sentimental witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (8%) accepting (8%) adaptable (25%) bold (8%) brave (25%) calm (8%) caring (0%) cheerful (16%) clever (0%) complex (25%) confident (0%) dependable (8%) dignified (8%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (25%) giving (16%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (16%) independent (25%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (33%) introverted (0%) kind (33%) knowledgeable (8%) logical (0%) loving (41%) mature (8%) modest (0%) nervous (8%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (8%) reflective (25%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (16%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (8%) sensible (8%) sentimental (0%) shy (8%) silly (16%) spontaneous (8%) sympathetic (16%) tense (8%) trustworthy (16%) warm (33%) wise (8%) witty (0%)
1,2,3...Not It! thinks: accepting, warm, silly, sympathetic, complex.
Leeway thinks: cheerful, giving, loving, quiet, warm, sympathetic.
Mr. Spinner thinks: loving, trustworthy, wise, brave, complex, kind.
Rachel thinks: reflective, searching, loving, friendly, intelligent.
Ian thinks: independent, loving, dependable, intelligent, spontaneous, warm.
me thinks: idealistic, tense, self-conscious, nervous, searching.
Velvet thinks: adaptable, able, reflective, knowledgeable, intelligent.
shivansh thinks: cheerful, bold, loving, friendly, kind.
anonymous thinks: brave, adaptable, independent, kind, calm, friendly.
peter stanley thinks: reflective, independent, adaptable, intelligent, warm.
anonymous thinks: giving, trustworthy, brave, shy, complex, silly.
Kyledoyle thinks: idealistic, kind, sensible, mature, dignified.
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