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 Diceanddagger's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacomplexdependable observant | Blind Spotableaccepting caring cheerful clever confident extroverted friendly helpful ingenious intelligent kind logical mature patient reflective searching silly trustworthy warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeadaptableindependent wise | Unknownbold brave calm dignified energetic giving happy idealistic introverted knowledgeable loving modest nervous organised powerful proud quiet relaxed religious responsive self-assertive self-conscious sensible sentimental shy spontaneous sympathetic tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (12%) accepting (25%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (37%) cheerful (12%) clever (37%) complex (37%) confident (12%) dependable (12%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (12%) friendly (25%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (25%) idealistic (0%) independent (0%) ingenious (12%) intelligent (50%) introverted (0%) kind (37%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (12%) loving (0%) mature (12%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (50%) organised (0%) patient (25%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (12%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (25%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (25%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (12%) warm (12%) wise (0%) witty (12%)
Leum thinks: caring, helpful, mature, patient, logical, observant.
ravenwcatz thinks: accepting, caring, observant, patient, helpful.
jessie thinks: kind, warm, intelligent, confident, complex.
Ashley thinks: complex, clever, caring, intelligent, reflective.
dblthnk84 thinks: able, clever, extroverted, observant, searching, witty.
Kelly thinks: accepting, dependable, silly, intelligent, observant, friendly.
shelled_avenger thinks: complex, ingenious, searching, trustworthy, kind.
Jen thinks: clever, friendly, cheerful, intelligent, silly, kind.
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