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 besht's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacaringintelligent self-conscious | Blind Spotableadaptable bold brave calm clever complex confident extroverted friendly giving idealistic independent knowledgeable logical observant organised powerful religious searching self-assertive silly spontaneous sympathetic witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadelovingnervous | Unknownaccepting cheerful dependable dignified energetic happy helpful ingenious introverted kind mature modest patient proud quiet reflective relaxed responsive sensible sentimental shy tense trustworthy warm wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (11%) accepting (0%) adaptable (11%) bold (33%) brave (11%) calm (11%) caring (22%) cheerful (0%) clever (22%) complex (11%) confident (33%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (22%) friendly (11%) giving (11%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (11%) independent (22%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (33%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (11%) logical (22%) loving (0%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (11%) organised (11%) patient (0%) powerful (11%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (22%) responsive (0%) searching (22%) self-assertive (11%) self-conscious (33%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (33%) spontaneous (22%) sympathetic (11%) tense (0%) trustworthy (0%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (33%)
Sunny thinks: witty, bold, logical, confident, self-assertive.
jlutgendorf thinks: bold, clever, extroverted, silly, searching.
SpaceMonkey thinks: confident, bold, extroverted, clever, witty.
thebarkingbird thinks: confident, independent, powerful, spontaneous, silly.
metalmama thinks: brave, calm, friendly, silly, organised.
anonymouse thinks: witty, sympathetic, spontaneous, self-conscious, idealistic, caring.
anon thinks: able, searching, intelligent, caring, giving.
? thinks: observant, logical, adaptable, intelligent, religious, self-conscious.
bjkj thinks: independent, knowledgeable, intelligent, religious, complex, self-conscious.
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