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 hjem's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenalogicalloving sentimental trustworthy warm | Blind Spotableaccepting bold calm caring cheerful confident dependable energetic friendly giving helpful independent intelligent kind mature modest nervous observant powerful reflective searching self-conscious shy silly sympathetic |
| Not Known to Others | Façadequiet | Unknownadaptable brave clever complex dignified extroverted happy idealistic ingenious introverted knowledgeable organised patient proud relaxed religious responsive self-assertive sensible spontaneous tense wise witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (18%) accepting (18%) adaptable (0%) bold (18%) brave (0%) calm (18%) caring (36%) cheerful (9%) clever (0%) complex (0%) confident (9%) dependable (9%) dignified (0%) energetic (9%) extroverted (0%) friendly (36%) giving (36%) happy (0%) helpful (9%) idealistic (0%) independent (18%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (27%) introverted (0%) kind (36%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (9%) loving (36%) mature (9%) modest (9%) nervous (9%) observant (9%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (9%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (36%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (36%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (27%) sensible (0%) sentimental (9%) shy (9%) silly (9%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (9%) tense (0%) trustworthy (27%) warm (9%) wise (0%) witty (0%)
sassyass thinks: kind, shy, self-conscious, caring, warm, loving.
Sputnik thinks: independent, friendly, calm, searching, accepting, modest.
hamster_grrl thinks: trustworthy, accepting, intelligent, reflective, mature, kind.
A friend thinks: friendly, energetic, cheerful, loving, kind, caring.
Jenni_J thinks: bold, giving, silly, sympathetic, observant, intelligent.
Ruthie thinks: trustworthy, giving, helpful, caring, intelligent, loving.
FluffyEvil thinks: caring, logical, sentimental, kind, searching, dependable.
David G thinks: self-conscious, searching, friendly, reflective, nervous.
jenn thinks: able, trustworthy, giving, reflective, loving, powerful.
terri thinks: calm, able, giving, friendly, reflective.
sr thinks: bold, independent, self-conscious, searching, confident.
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