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 something.to.be's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacaringfriendly loving self-conscious trustworthy | Blind Spotableadaptable bold brave calm cheerful confident dependable extroverted giving helpful independent intelligent kind knowledgeable mature organised proud sensible sentimental warm |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeshy | Unknownaccepting clever complex dignified energetic happy idealistic ingenious introverted logical modest nervous observant patient powerful quiet reflective relaxed religious responsive searching self-assertive silly spontaneous sympathetic tense wise witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (10%) accepting (0%) adaptable (10%) bold (20%) brave (10%) calm (20%) caring (40%) cheerful (10%) clever (0%) complex (0%) confident (30%) dependable (10%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (10%) friendly (40%) giving (40%) happy (0%) helpful (10%) idealistic (0%) independent (20%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (20%) introverted (0%) kind (20%) knowledgeable (20%) logical (0%) loving (40%) mature (50%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (20%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (30%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (10%) sensible (10%) sentimental (10%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (40%) warm (10%) wise (0%) witty (0%)
Carrie thinks: helpful, mature, loving, dependable, kind.
Jennifer (sophie7) thinks: friendly, loving, independent, organised, proud, sentimental.
Cassie thinks: caring, friendly, giving, knowledgeable, trustworthy.
a wanderer thinks: calm, friendly, proud, loving, cheerful, trustworthy.
who i want to be thinks: caring, extroverted, intelligent, mature, bold.
Sabrina thinks: brave, sensible, confident, mature, warm.
Angie thinks: confident, calm, independent, adaptable, loving, trustworthy.
Bons thinks: self-conscious, mature, caring, proud, organised, giving.
Kaci thinks: knowledgeable, intelligent, bold, able, giving, kind.
erica thinks: caring, confident, friendly, giving, trustworthy, mature.
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