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 Tirani's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacomplexidealistic independent introverted proud searching | Blind Spotableaccepting adaptable bold caring cheerful dependable energetic extroverted friendly giving ingenious intelligent knowledgeable logical loving powerful religious self-assertive self-conscious sentimental silly tense warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownbrave calm clever confident dignified happy helpful kind mature modest nervous observant organised patient quiet reflective relaxed responsive sensible shy spontaneous sympathetic trustworthy wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (22%) accepting (11%) adaptable (11%) bold (22%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (11%) cheerful (11%) clever (0%) complex (11%) confident (0%) dependable (22%) dignified (0%) energetic (11%) extroverted (11%) friendly (33%) giving (33%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (33%) independent (22%) ingenious (11%) intelligent (11%) introverted (11%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (11%) logical (11%) loving (33%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (11%) proud (22%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (11%) responsive (0%) searching (33%) self-assertive (11%) self-conscious (33%) sensible (0%) sentimental (11%) shy (0%) silly (11%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (11%) trustworthy (0%) warm (11%) wise (0%) witty (33%)
WyrdOne thinks: giving, independent, friendly, witty, bold, cheerful.
Ravenrose thinks: idealistic, intelligent, sentimental, energetic, friendly, self-conscious.
Krysturtle thinks: warm, able, giving, loving, silly.
Jerro1 thinks: introverted, self-conscious, complex, idealistic, giving.
rafe thinks: accepting, caring, ingenious, logical, self-conscious, witty.
gryphynkit thinks: able, dependable, independent, searching, friendly, powerful.
ruthanne thinks: bold, idealistic, self-assertive, tense, proud.
snidegrrl thinks: proud, searching, religious, extroverted, loving, knowledgeable.
semper_augustus thinks: adaptable, dependable, searching, loving, witty.
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