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 patchw0rk's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacomplexquiet reflective sentimental silly trustworthy | Blind Spotableaccepting caring cheerful dependable dignified energetic extroverted friendly giving happy helpful idealistic independent intelligent introverted knowledgeable loving nervous observant relaxed sensible shy sympathetic warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownadaptable bold brave calm clever confident ingenious kind logical mature modest organised patient powerful proud religious responsive searching self-assertive self-conscious spontaneous tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (7%) accepting (7%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (35%) cheerful (28%) clever (0%) complex (28%) confident (0%) dependable (35%) dignified (14%) energetic (14%) extroverted (7%) friendly (35%) giving (7%) happy (7%) helpful (28%) idealistic (7%) independent (7%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (14%) introverted (14%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (7%) logical (0%) loving (7%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (7%) observant (7%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (14%) reflective (7%) relaxed (14%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (7%) sentimental (35%) shy (21%) silly (35%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (7%) tense (0%) trustworthy (50%) warm (7%) wise (0%) witty (21%)
dawnie thinks: cheerful, caring, friendly, happy, helpful, trustworthy.
Podrey thinks: introverted, dignified, complex, quiet, trustworthy.
LYNNIE thinks: dependable, nervous, reflective, trustworthy, sentimental.
eahtna thinks: accepting, caring, silly, trustworthy, quiet, introverted.
sze thinks: sentimental, silly, complex, dignified, observant, relaxed.
rowenafaith thinks: energetic, dependable, extroverted, silly, caring, independent.
janice thinks: trustworthy, silly, caring, giving, dependable, cheerful.
rebby thinks: sentimental, shy, friendly, helpful, sensible.
rachee thinks: helpful, friendly, loving, caring, warm, sentimental.
ray thinks: silly, shy, cheerful, friendly, complex.
olsen! thinks: shy, sympathetic, sentimental, trustworthy, dependable.
bitbitster thinks: trustworthy, complex, witty, dependable, energetic, relaxed.
dawnie thinks: intelligent, knowledgeable, able, idealistic, witty.
nana thinks: friendly, intelligent, helpful, cheerful, witty.
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