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 Knitty Kitty's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaadaptablereflective silly sympathetic | Blind Spotablebold brave caring complex confident energetic friendly giving idealistic independent intelligent introverted mature powerful proud searching spontaneous warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadelovingrelaxed | Unknownaccepting calm cheerful clever dependable dignified extroverted happy helpful ingenious kind knowledgeable logical modest nervous observant organised patient quiet religious responsive self-assertive self-conscious sensible sentimental shy tense trustworthy wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
55% of people agree that Knitty Kitty is adaptable
able (11%) accepting (0%) adaptable (55%) bold (22%) brave (22%) calm (0%) caring (33%) cheerful (0%) clever (0%) complex (22%) confident (22%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (11%) extroverted (0%) friendly (33%) giving (11%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (22%) independent (44%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (44%) introverted (11%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (0%) mature (44%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (11%) proud (11%) quiet (0%) reflective (11%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (11%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (22%) spontaneous (22%) sympathetic (11%) tense (0%) trustworthy (0%) warm (11%) wise (0%) witty (33%)
Nick thinks: intelligent, idealistic, silly, caring, friendly.
Brooke thinks: adaptable, friendly, giving, intelligent, silly, witty.
ubie thinks: adaptable, intelligent, mature, brave, caring, able.
sysm thinks: bold, independent, warm, complex, reflective.
Anthony Pereira thinks: adaptable, mature, confident, proud, bold.
Loz thinks: independent, mature, brave, friendly, sympathetic, caring.
Jaded thinks: confident, adaptable, intelligent, witty, spontaneous, complex.
steve thinks: independent, adaptable, introverted, idealistic, mature.
Willie thinks: energetic, powerful, searching, spontaneous, independent, witty.
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