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 mamakohl's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaextrovertedindependent searching self-conscious spontaneous | Blind Spotadaptablebold brave caring cheerful clever confident energetic friendly happy helpful idealistic ingenious intelligent knowledgeable loving observant powerful reflective responsive self-assertive sensible sentimental warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadedependable | Unknownable accepting calm complex dignified giving introverted kind logical mature modest nervous organised patient proud quiet relaxed religious shy silly sympathetic tense trustworthy |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (0%) adaptable (20%) bold (20%) brave (10%) calm (0%) caring (40%) cheerful (30%) clever (30%) complex (0%) confident (30%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (10%) extroverted (40%) friendly (50%) giving (0%) happy (10%) helpful (10%) idealistic (20%) independent (20%) ingenious (10%) intelligent (10%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (10%) logical (0%) loving (20%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (10%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (10%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (10%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (10%) searching (10%) self-assertive (30%) self-conscious (10%) sensible (10%) sentimental (10%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (30%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (0%) warm (10%) wise (10%) witty (20%)
sandie thinks: adaptable, bold, witty, searching, brave, extroverted.
kelly thinks: confident, friendly, helpful, intelligent, self-assertive, responsive.
alise thinks: cheerful, spontaneous, idealistic, friendly, reflective, extroverted.
Mere thinks: loving, clever, knowledgeable, friendly, caring, happy.
Erika thinks: cheerful, clever, extroverted, spontaneous, observant.
DeeDee thinks: extroverted, spontaneous, witty, loving, sensible, clever.
sister thinks: bold, idealistic, self-assertive, powerful, independent.
Tonya thinks: energetic, independent, ingenious, wise, caring, adaptable.
Molly thinks: caring, self-assertive, warm, confident, friendly, cheerful.
stephanie thinks: caring, friendly, confident, sentimental, self-conscious.
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