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 Island Gorilla's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacalmclever idealistic reflective witty | Blind Spotableaccepting adaptable bold brave caring cheerful complex confident dependable energetic friendly happy helpful ingenious intelligent introverted kind knowledgeable loving mature modest observant organised patient proud quiet relaxed responsive searching self-assertive silly spontaneous trustworthy warm |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknowndignified extroverted giving independent logical nervous powerful religious self-conscious sensible sentimental shy sympathetic tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
54% of people think that Island Gorilla is intelligent
able (4%) accepting (9%) adaptable (9%) bold (4%) brave (13%) calm (22%) caring (22%) cheerful (22%) clever (18%) complex (9%) confident (13%) dependable (4%) dignified (0%) energetic (4%) extroverted (0%) friendly (27%) giving (0%) happy (4%) helpful (9%) idealistic (22%) independent (0%) ingenious (4%) intelligent (54%) introverted (4%) kind (13%) knowledgeable (9%) logical (0%) loving (13%) mature (4%) modest (13%) nervous (0%) observant (13%) organised (18%) patient (13%) powerful (0%) proud (9%) quiet (13%) reflective (13%) relaxed (9%) religious (0%) responsive (9%) searching (4%) self-assertive (4%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (18%) spontaneous (13%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (36%) warm (18%) wise (0%) witty (27%)
Thirteen-thirty-seven thinks: brave, idealistic, loving, proud, intelligent, kind.
Kamikaze Caddy thinks: intelligent, knowledgeable, ingenious, mature, witty, responsive.
Booker thinks: clever, observant, reflective, caring, intelligent.
Hyacinth Girl thinks: caring, intelligent, patient, loving, trustworthy, idealistic.
Koel thinks: witty, intelligent, friendly, complex, trustworthy, caring.
Ellie thinks: intelligent, kind, complex, friendly, dependable, trustworthy.
Esther thinks: brave, clever, self-assertive, silly, spontaneous, idealistic.
anonymous thinks: friendly, modest, quiet, adaptable, silly, caring.
anon thinks: intelligent, loving, modest, trustworthy, warm, helpful.
tori thinks: intelligent, brave, confident, caring, able, idealistic.
anonymous thinks: warm, friendly, organised, calm, relaxed.
anonymous thinks: friendly, cheerful, quiet, organised, silly.
anonymous thinks: warm, helpful, patient, responsive, witty.
anon thinks: calm, modest, quiet, intelligent, confident, organised.
Phil thinks: happy, energetic, clever, cheerful, relaxed, trustworthy.
Clouds thinks: intelligent, patient, witty, cheerful, silly, friendly.
Laura F thinks: spontaneous, bold, cheerful, reflective, organised.
Claire Bowden thinks: calm, kind, searching, observant, reflective.
Casper thinks: calm, spontaneous, trustworthy, cheerful, accepting, warm.
A thinks: calm, clever, observant, confident, adaptable.
Anon thinks: intelligent, idealistic, witty, trustworthy, knowledgeable.
trev thinks: accepting, introverted, trustworthy, proud, intelligent, witty.
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