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 Dwarfwitahammer's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacaringhelpful loving self-conscious spontaneous | Blind Spotacceptingadaptable bold cheerful clever complex dependable energetic extroverted friendly giving idealistic independent ingenious intelligent introverted kind nervous observant proud responsive searching shy silly tense trustworthy witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façademodest | Unknownable brave calm confident dignified happy knowledgeable logical mature organised patient powerful quiet reflective relaxed religious self-assertive sensible sentimental sympathetic warm wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (33%) adaptable (8%) bold (25%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (8%) cheerful (25%) clever (8%) complex (25%) confident (0%) dependable (16%) dignified (0%) energetic (16%) extroverted (16%) friendly (41%) giving (8%) happy (0%) helpful (16%) idealistic (25%) independent (25%) ingenious (8%) intelligent (8%) introverted (8%) kind (8%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (25%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (25%) observant (8%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (8%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (8%) searching (16%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (33%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (25%) silly (25%) spontaneous (16%) sympathetic (0%) tense (8%) trustworthy (25%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (16%)
Melissa thinks: complex, idealistic, searching, independent, self-conscious, trustworthy.
phil thinks: accepting, energetic, extroverted, idealistic, loving.
Cat thinks: friendly, loving, helpful, clever, cheerful, silly.
Drew thinks: cheerful, bold, caring, nervous, giving, silly.
Lunamor thinks: idealistic, shy, accepting, intelligent, friendly, self-conscious.
Stan Antenor thinks: spontaneous, ingenious, extroverted, friendly, adaptable, energetic.
oni thinks: bold, spontaneous, helpful, responsive, witty.
magicgal86 thinks: complex, trustworthy, accepting, observant, kind.
Ronald Diemicke thinks: bold, complex, dependable, independent, proud, witty.
adreakiamen thinks: loving, trustworthy, self-conscious, friendly, dependable, searching.
Bizarro thinks: accepting, friendly, independent, shy, nervous, cheerful.
Tobascofish thinks: tense, shy, self-conscious, introverted, silly, nervous.
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