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 temima's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaintelligentreflective self-conscious | Blind Spotablebold brave caring clever complex dependable dignified friendly giving helpful idealistic introverted kind knowledgeable logical mature observant organised patient powerful quiet relaxed religious searching shy spontaneous sympathetic trustworthy witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeindependentnervous | Unknownaccepting adaptable calm cheerful confident energetic extroverted happy ingenious loving modest proud responsive self-assertive sensible sentimental silly tense warm wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (27%) accepting (0%) adaptable (0%) bold (9%) brave (9%) calm (0%) caring (9%) cheerful (0%) clever (18%) complex (36%) confident (0%) dependable (18%) dignified (9%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (27%) giving (9%) happy (0%) helpful (9%) idealistic (18%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (18%) introverted (36%) kind (18%) knowledgeable (27%) logical (18%) loving (0%) mature (9%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (18%) organised (18%) patient (18%) powerful (9%) proud (0%) quiet (9%) reflective (18%) relaxed (9%) religious (9%) responsive (0%) searching (36%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (9%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (27%) silly (0%) spontaneous (9%) sympathetic (9%) tense (0%) trustworthy (18%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (18%)
Meg thinks: friendly, intelligent, knowledgeable, witty, clever, mature.
quietann thinks: shy, searching, reflective, complex, introverted.
Jen thinks: knowledgeable, witty, observant, logical, quiet, kind.
jodawi thinks: complex, intelligent, logical, self-conscious, introverted, shy.
irisamelia thinks: able, complex, clever, dignified, patient, trustworthy.
annabel thinks: reflective, idealistic, complex, searching, spontaneous.
LilituC thinks: organised, dependable, introverted, able, religious, searching.
bethr thinks: introverted, shy, sympathetic, idealistic, giving.
Crow thinks: relaxed, bold, patient, able, observant, searching.
blackrabbit666 thinks: friendly, knowledgeable, trustworthy, kind, organised.
september thinks: caring, dependable, friendly, helpful, powerful, brave.
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