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 indescribble's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaenergeticfriendly searching self-conscious | Blind Spotacceptingadaptable caring complex confident dependable extroverted giving independent intelligent introverted knowledgeable loving observant powerful reflective silly spontaneous sympathetic tense warm wise |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeidealisticnervous | Unknownable bold brave calm cheerful clever dignified happy helpful ingenious kind logical mature modest organised patient proud quiet relaxed religious responsive self-assertive sensible sentimental shy trustworthy witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (16%) adaptable (33%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (16%) cheerful (0%) clever (0%) complex (33%) confident (16%) dependable (16%) dignified (0%) energetic (16%) extroverted (16%) friendly (33%) giving (33%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (16%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (33%) introverted (16%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (16%) logical (0%) loving (16%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (16%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (16%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (33%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (33%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (50%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (16%) spontaneous (16%) sympathetic (16%) tense (16%) trustworthy (0%) warm (16%) wise (16%) witty (0%)
stephbg thinks: confident, friendly, independent, powerful, spontaneous, warm.
major thinks: intelligent, reflective, self-conscious, observant, dependable, giving.
Wolflullaby thinks: energetic, extroverted, friendly, giving, searching.
Mog thinks: introverted, reflective, silly, searching, accepting, adaptable.
Alastair thinks: adaptable, complex, knowledgeable, self-conscious, intelligent, tense.
Raven thinks: caring, complex, loving, self-conscious, sympathetic, wise.
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