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 GrammarWoman's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaableclever intelligent loving silly | Blind Spotbravecaring cheerful dependable friendly giving helpful introverted kind knowledgeable mature modest organised patient proud reflective responsive self-assertive sentimental warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeself-conscious | Unknownaccepting adaptable bold calm complex confident dignified energetic extroverted happy idealistic independent ingenious logical nervous observant powerful quiet relaxed religious searching sensible shy spontaneous sympathetic tense trustworthy |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
55% of people think that GrammarWoman is giving
55% of people agree that GrammarWoman is intelligent
able (22%) accepting (0%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (11%) calm (0%) caring (33%) cheerful (22%) clever (11%) complex (0%) confident (0%) dependable (22%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (11%) giving (55%) happy (0%) helpful (11%) idealistic (0%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (55%) introverted (22%) kind (22%) knowledgeable (22%) logical (0%) loving (44%) mature (22%) modest (33%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (11%) patient (11%) powerful (0%) proud (11%) quiet (0%) reflective (11%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (11%) searching (0%) self-assertive (11%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (22%) shy (0%) silly (11%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (0%) warm (22%) wise (22%) witty (11%)
garrity thinks: brave, cheerful, intelligent, sentimental, silly, loving.
celaeno thinks: knowledgeable, able, dependable, modest, reflective.
the_sween thinks: cheerful, clever, intelligent, wise, warm, proud.
Sue thinks: loving, witty, kind, intelligent, giving, dependable.
logodaedaly thinks: friendly, wise, caring, giving, mature, patient.
chirping_monkey thinks: knowledgeable, organised, responsive, mature, helpful, able.
yes thinks: giving, intelligent, kind, modest, loving, warm.
samwize thinks: caring, introverted, intelligent, modest, self-assertive, giving.
vil thinks: sentimental, loving, introverted, giving, caring.
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