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