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 ramblingmuse's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacaringintelligent observant searching | Blind Spotableaccepting bold brave cheerful clever complex dignified friendly happy organised religious sensible trustworthy |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeintrovertedwise | Unknownadaptable calm confident dependable energetic extroverted giving helpful idealistic independent ingenious kind knowledgeable logical loving mature modest nervous patient powerful proud quiet reflective relaxed responsive self-assertive self-conscious sentimental shy silly spontaneous sympathetic tense warm witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (25%) accepting (25%) adaptable (0%) bold (25%) brave (25%) calm (0%) caring (50%) cheerful (50%) clever (50%) complex (50%) confident (0%) dependable (0%) dignified (25%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (25%) giving (0%) happy (25%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (25%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (0%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (25%) organised (25%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (25%) responsive (0%) searching (25%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (25%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (25%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (0%)
Alexys thinks: bold, brave, cheerful, clever, complex, friendly.
lawchic thinks: trustworthy, intelligent, clever, caring, observant, sensible.
cherry thinks: accepting, caring, cheerful, dignified, happy.
MF thinks: able, complex, religious, searching, organised.
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