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 MissAnthrope's.
Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
Known to Others | Arenaadaptablecomplex independent intelligent self-conscious witty | Blind Spotableaccepting bold brave calm caring cheerful clever confident dependable dignified energetic extroverted friendly giving happy helpful idealistic ingenious introverted kind knowledgeable logical loving mature modest nervous observant organised patient powerful proud quiet reflective relaxed religious responsive searching self-assertive sensible sentimental shy silly spontaneous sympathetic tense trustworthy warm wise |
Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknown |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) |
able (7%) accepting (14%) adaptable (7%) bold (14%) brave (14%) calm (7%) caring (7%) cheerful (7%) clever (7%) complex (14%) confident (7%) dependable (7%) dignified (7%) energetic (7%) extroverted (7%) friendly (14%) giving (14%) happy (7%) helpful (7%) idealistic (7%) independent (14%) ingenious (7%) intelligent (28%) introverted (7%) kind (7%) knowledgeable (7%) logical (7%) loving (7%) mature (7%) modest (14%) nervous (7%) observant (14%) organised (7%) patient (7%) powerful (14%) proud (7%) quiet (7%) reflective (7%) relaxed (7%) religious (14%) responsive (7%) searching (14%) self-assertive (7%) self-conscious (21%) sensible (14%) sentimental (7%) shy (7%) silly (7%) spontaneous (7%) sympathetic (7%) tense (21%) trustworthy (7%) warm (14%) wise (7%) witty (28%)
DavidA thinks: complex, independent, intelligent, tense, witty.
Anonymous thinks: friendly, modest, shy, self-conscious, bold.
anonymous thinks: intelligent, nervous, self-conscious, searching, independent, tense.
fundevogel thinks: mature, intelligent, helpful, logical, accepting, witty.
anon thinks: accepting, reflective, warm, witty, complex, knowledgeable.
Anon thinks: tense, adaptable, wise, brave, organised, proud.
Anon thinks: able, calm, caring, cheerful, clever, confident.
Anon thinks: dignified, dependable, energetic, extroverted, giving, happy.
Anon thinks: idealistic, ingenious, introverted, kind, loving, observant.
Anon thinks: patient, powerful, quiet, relaxed, religious, responsive.
Anon thinks: self-assertive, sentimental, sensible, spontaneous, silly, trustworthy.
Anon thinks: sympathetic, sensible, religious, powerful, modest.
fatherfucker thinks: brave, witty, self-conscious, searching, observant.
patrick thinks: giving, intelligent, warm, friendly, bold.
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