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 Ladyjendifi's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaablecomplex giving idealistic | Blind Spotacceptingadaptable bold brave caring clever confident extroverted friendly happy independent intelligent knowledgeable logical nervous observant organised patient reflective responsive searching self-assertive self-conscious silly spontaneous tense trustworthy warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadesentimental | Unknowncalm cheerful dependable dignified energetic helpful ingenious introverted kind loving mature modest powerful proud quiet relaxed religious sensible shy sympathetic wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (20%) accepting (10%) adaptable (10%) bold (10%) brave (20%) calm (0%) caring (20%) cheerful (0%) clever (10%) complex (30%) confident (10%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (20%) friendly (50%) giving (10%) happy (10%) helpful (0%) idealistic (20%) independent (10%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (20%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (10%) logical (10%) loving (0%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (10%) observant (30%) organised (10%) patient (20%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (20%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (10%) searching (20%) self-assertive (20%) self-conscious (10%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (20%) spontaneous (20%) sympathetic (0%) tense (10%) trustworthy (10%) warm (10%) wise (0%) witty (50%)
serendipitywendy thinks: brave, extroverted, trustworthy, self-conscious, intelligent, giving.
dhud98 thinks: adaptable, organised, clever, spontaneous, witty.
unprotectedtext thinks: caring, patient, witty, searching, nervous, brave.
Wendyjoe555 thinks: intelligent, complex, idealistic, friendly, searching, independent.
anonymous thinks: complex, idealistic, self-assertive, tense, observant, reflective.
anonymous thinks: witty, bold, observant, silly, extroverted.
anonymous thinks: able, friendly, happy, patient, caring, silly.
Entwashian thinks: reflective, friendly, spontaneous, witty, complex, knowledgeable.
woodie6977 thinks: able, confident, friendly, observant, warm.
Mercurial Scribe thinks: accepting, logical, self-assertive, witty, friendly, responsive.
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