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 Harper~'s.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaconfidentenergetic extroverted self-assertive | Blind Spotableaccepting adaptable bold brave cheerful clever dependable friendly happy idealistic intelligent observant organised proud silly witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadelovingsentimental | Unknowncalm caring complex dignified giving helpful independent ingenious introverted kind knowledgeable logical mature modest nervous patient powerful quiet reflective relaxed religious responsive searching self-conscious sensible shy spontaneous sympathetic tense trustworthy warm wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (16%) accepting (33%) adaptable (16%) bold (33%) brave (16%) calm (0%) caring (0%) cheerful (16%) clever (16%) complex (0%) confident (33%) dependable (50%) dignified (0%) energetic (50%) extroverted (33%) friendly (50%) giving (0%) happy (16%) helpful (0%) idealistic (33%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (50%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (0%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (16%) organised (33%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (16%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (33%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (16%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (0%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (16%)
emilyyyyyy thinks: cheerful, dependable, intelligent, organised, self-assertive, bold.
Rosalie thinks: bold, energetic, witty, friendly, confident, adaptable.
anonymous thinks: energetic, happy, friendly, proud, silly, accepting.
Nicole thinks: brave, extroverted, dependable, accepting, friendly, intelligent.
lily thinks: able, energetic, idealistic, clever, self-assertive, extroverted.
anonymous thinks: dependable, confident, idealistic, organised, intelligent, observant.
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