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 criminalgrace's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacalmclever helpful independent patient wise | Blind Spotableaccepting adaptable bold brave caring complex confident dependable friendly giving intelligent kind knowledgeable mature observant powerful proud reflective relaxed sensible sentimental spontaneous trustworthy warm |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknowncheerful dignified energetic extroverted happy idealistic ingenious introverted logical loving modest nervous organised quiet religious responsive searching self-assertive self-conscious shy silly sympathetic tense witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (10%) accepting (30%) adaptable (10%) bold (20%) brave (10%) calm (10%) caring (20%) cheerful (0%) clever (30%) complex (10%) confident (20%) dependable (10%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (50%) giving (30%) happy (0%) helpful (20%) idealistic (0%) independent (10%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (30%) introverted (0%) kind (10%) knowledgeable (40%) logical (0%) loving (0%) mature (20%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (10%) organised (0%) patient (10%) powerful (10%) proud (10%) quiet (0%) reflective (10%) relaxed (10%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (20%) sentimental (30%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (10%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (10%) warm (30%) wise (20%) witty (0%)
tastybrains thinks: able, friendly, relaxed, warm, kind.
amymarr thinks: accepting, helpful, warm, giving, sensible, reflective.
lizesc thinks: friendly, independent, observant, helpful, knowledgeable.
mom thinks: intelligent, brave, clever, trustworthy, powerful, dependable.
kaiwoklaw thinks: clever, mature, wise, giving, confident, spontaneous.
Ixion thinks: caring, friendly, giving, knowledgeable, sentimental, sensible.
Jami thinks: accepting, adaptable, bold, intelligent, wise, friendly.
Barbie thinks: clever, complex, intelligent, knowledgeable, proud, sentimental.
lcmed thinks: accepting, knowledgeable, confident, friendly, bold, mature.
William thinks: caring, calm, warm, sentimental, patient.
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