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 Joy Desire's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacomplexindependent intelligent kind loving | Blind Spotacceptingadaptable bold brave caring cheerful confident dignified energetic extroverted friendly giving happy mature modest observant organised patient proud reflective responsive searching self-assertive shy silly spontaneous trustworthy warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadesympathetic | Unknownable calm clever dependable helpful idealistic ingenious introverted knowledgeable logical nervous powerful quiet relaxed religious self-conscious sensible sentimental tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (25%) adaptable (10%) bold (20%) brave (5%) calm (0%) caring (15%) cheerful (30%) clever (0%) complex (15%) confident (45%) dependable (0%) dignified (5%) energetic (5%) extroverted (5%) friendly (25%) giving (20%) happy (10%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (5%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (25%) introverted (0%) kind (25%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (25%) mature (25%) modest (5%) nervous (0%) observant (20%) organised (5%) patient (5%) powerful (0%) proud (5%) quiet (0%) reflective (15%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (20%) searching (20%) self-assertive (10%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (5%) silly (10%) spontaneous (5%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (10%) warm (40%) wise (10%) witty (35%)
Sol thinks: loving, kind, energetic, responsive, reflective, shy.
Sarah thinks: accepting, cheerful, friendly, warm, loving, kind.
sdnt thinks: adaptable, mature, searching, happy, confident.
Joanna thinks: mature, patient, reflective, observant, proud.
The Scarlet One thinks: confident, friendly, giving, kind, modest, warm.
anon thinks: giving, intelligent, warm, confident, bold.
troubledone thinks: trustworthy, mature, cheerful, confident, witty, loving.
James thinks: confident, witty, brave, intelligent, accepting, searching.
ryan thinks: accepting, friendly, responsive, observant, intelligent, warm.
LLD thinks: accepting, caring, cheerful, friendly, reflective, warm.
anoldlove thinks: intelligent, silly, caring, witty, complex, searching.
troubledone thinks: cheerful, dignified, loving, organised, observant, mature.
playfullittleone thinks: friendly, cheerful, silly, self-assertive, kind.
playfullittleone thinks: confident, bold, cheerful, kind, warm.
Van093 thinks: witty, confident, happy, responsive, complex.
J thinks: independent, mature, witty, wise, warm.
whisperinginthegrass thinks: accepting, confident, self-assertive, witty, trustworthy, giving.
adguy thinks: confident, intelligent, bold, witty, searching.
fuckme! thinks: responsive, adaptable, extroverted, bold, spontaneous, giving.
Jane - Stickygirl thinks: complex, warm, loving, caring, wise, observant.
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