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 Hello Miss Vanity's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arena | Blind Spotacceptingbold cheerful complex confident dignified energetic extroverted friendly independent intelligent introverted kind knowledgeable observant self-assertive self-conscious spontaneous warm |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownable adaptable brave calm caring clever dependable giving happy helpful idealistic ingenious logical loving mature modest nervous organised patient powerful proud quiet reflective relaxed religious responsive searching sensible sentimental shy silly sympathetic tense trustworthy wise witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (50%) adaptable (0%) bold (25%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (0%) cheerful (25%) clever (0%) complex (50%) confident (25%) dependable (0%) dignified (25%) energetic (25%) extroverted (25%) friendly (50%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (25%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (25%) introverted (25%) kind (25%) knowledgeable (25%) logical (0%) loving (0%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (25%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (25%) self-conscious (25%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (25%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (0%) warm (25%) wise (0%) witty (0%)
Thom thinks: energetic, warm, kind, confident, friendly, cheerful.
christina thinks: knowledgeable, accepting, dignified, intelligent, complex, introverted.
ilia thinks: bold, complex, extroverted, , self-assertive, accepting.
Zack S thinks: friendly, independent, observant, self-conscious, spontaneous.
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