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 Bismuth B's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacomplexintroverted knowledgeable quiet reflective searching | Blind Spotacceptingadaptable calm caring cheerful dignified energetic friendly helpful idealistic intelligent kind loving mature modest nervous observant patient self-conscious sentimental shy silly sympathetic warm |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownable bold brave clever confident dependable extroverted giving happy independent ingenious logical organised powerful proud relaxed religious responsive self-assertive sensible spontaneous tense trustworthy wise witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (27%) adaptable (18%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (18%) caring (36%) cheerful (9%) clever (0%) complex (27%) confident (0%) dependable (0%) dignified (9%) energetic (9%) extroverted (0%) friendly (45%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (9%) idealistic (18%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (27%) introverted (18%) kind (9%) knowledgeable (9%) logical (0%) loving (27%) mature (9%) modest (27%) nervous (9%) observant (18%) organised (0%) patient (27%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (18%) reflective (36%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (36%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (27%) sensible (0%) sentimental (18%) shy (9%) silly (9%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (9%) tense (0%) trustworthy (0%) warm (9%) wise (0%) witty (0%)
Krayfish thinks: friendly, searching, intelligent, complex, modest, reflective.
Talia thinks: cheerful, caring, friendly, warm, accepting.
Your bestie thinks: accepting, adaptable, loving, kind, idealistic, complex.
Yami thinks: introverted, intelligent, patient, self-conscious, searching, observant.
Luminous thinks: knowledgeable, quiet, reflective, searching, self-conscious, sentimental.
MO thinks: reflective, self-conscious, shy, complex, searching, observant.
Jazzy thinks: calm, caring, intelligent, introverted, mature, patient.
J thinks: silly, adaptable, friendly, sentimental, nervous, modest.
Frosty thinks: quiet, reflective, patient, loving, modest, helpful.
Norrsken thinks: calm, friendly, dignified, caring, accepting, loving.
P.H. thinks: friendly, sympathetic, idealistic, caring, energetic.
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