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 Smiling Jack's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaboldindependent nervous proud tense | Blind Spotacceptingadaptable caring clever complex confident energetic idealistic intelligent introverted kind mature observant patient powerful quiet searching self-assertive sentimental silly spontaneous trustworthy witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownable brave calm cheerful dependable dignified extroverted friendly giving happy helpful ingenious knowledgeable logical loving modest organised reflective relaxed religious responsive self-conscious sensible shy sympathetic warm wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
70% of people think that Smiling Jack is complex
58% of people think that Smiling Jack is observant
able (0%) accepting (5%) adaptable (11%) bold (17%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (11%) cheerful (0%) clever (47%) complex (70%) confident (17%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (11%) extroverted (0%) friendly (0%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (5%) independent (35%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (35%) introverted (29%) kind (5%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (0%) mature (5%) modest (0%) nervous (17%) observant (58%) organised (0%) patient (11%) powerful (17%) proud (29%) quiet (5%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (17%) self-assertive (5%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (5%) shy (0%) silly (5%) spontaneous (23%) sympathetic (0%) tense (17%) trustworthy (11%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (5%)
QuadRaptor thinks: clever, observant, spontaneous, self-assertive, independent, complex.
Zanary thinks: trustworthy, introverted, kind, searching, complex, independent.
anonymous thinks: powerful, complex, clever, mature, observant, confident.
Saanra thinks: complex, clever, proud, energetic, adaptable, independent.
Dampir thinks: patient, observant, proud, trustworthy, caring.
trigger thinks: observant, clever, spontaneous, complex, confident, energetic.
Bu thinks: accepting, spontaneous, nervous, clever, silly.
B thinks: complex, clever, powerful, idealistic, confident, observant.
Ocean thinks: patient, adaptable, independent, proud, intelligent.
Anonymous thinks: spontaneous, witty, bold, complex, observant.
Snow thinks: independent, tense, complex, intelligent, nervous, bold.
Sighthoundlady thinks: quiet, intelligent, introverted, complex, bold.
anonymous thinks: complex, introverted, tense, nervous, observant.
Anon thinks: clever, intelligent, observant, powerful, introverted.
Mis thinks: caring, complex, intelligent, proud, observant.
Anonymous thinks: proud, sentimental, searching, intelligent, clever, complex.
anonymous thinks: tense, independent, observant, searching, introverted.
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