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 wax95's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaknowledgeablewitty | Blind Spotableaccepting bold calm caring clever complex confident energetic extroverted friendly giving happy helpful idealistic ingenious intelligent kind loving mature patient powerful proud reflective relaxed self-assertive sensible shy silly tense trustworthy warm |
| Not Known to Others | Façadelogicalobservant self-conscious spontaneous | Unknownadaptable brave cheerful dependable dignified independent introverted modest nervous organised quiet religious responsive searching sentimental sympathetic wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (8%) accepting (16%) adaptable (0%) bold (8%) brave (0%) calm (8%) caring (8%) cheerful (0%) clever (16%) complex (16%) confident (16%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (8%) extroverted (16%) friendly (33%) giving (8%) happy (16%) helpful (25%) idealistic (8%) independent (0%) ingenious (8%) intelligent (33%) introverted (0%) kind (8%) knowledgeable (33%) logical (0%) loving (8%) mature (8%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (16%) powerful (8%) proud (16%) quiet (0%) reflective (8%) relaxed (16%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (8%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (8%) sentimental (0%) shy (8%) silly (16%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (8%) trustworthy (41%) warm (16%) wise (0%) witty (50%)
gwar? thinks: proud, bold, powerful, complex, tense.
Benjamin K. thinks: extroverted, energetic, witty, sensible, patient, knowledgeable.
Sara thinks: witty, silly, intelligent, friendly, trustworthy, warm.
celticfreefall thinks: confident, clever, witty, able, helpful.
Ed thinks: friendly, calm, accepting, relaxed, happy.
Anon thinks: clever, knowledgeable, trustworthy, kind, caring, warm.
Aunt Julie thinks: helpful, loving, trustworthy, witty, reflective, giving.
S.D. thinks: confident, intelligent, idealistic, witty, trustworthy.
Elisabeth thinks: happy, friendly, intelligent, mature, patient, trustworthy.
anonymous thinks: shy, silly, extroverted, ingenious, self-assertive.
Christina thinks: accepting, relaxed, knowledgeable, witty, friendly.
anonymous thinks: complex, intelligent, knowledgeable, proud, helpful.
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