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 Melonade's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaobservantspontaneous | Blind Spotacceptingadaptable bold calm caring cheerful clever complex confident dependable energetic extroverted friendly happy helpful intelligent knowledgeable loving modest patient powerful sensible silly sympathetic tense trustworthy wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeidealisticindependent reflective self-conscious | Unknownable brave dignified giving ingenious introverted kind logical mature nervous organised proud quiet relaxed religious responsive searching self-assertive sentimental shy warm |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (36%) adaptable (27%) bold (18%) brave (0%) calm (9%) caring (9%) cheerful (18%) clever (36%) complex (18%) confident (9%) dependable (18%) dignified (0%) energetic (18%) extroverted (27%) friendly (27%) giving (0%) happy (18%) helpful (9%) idealistic (0%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (9%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (9%) logical (0%) loving (18%) mature (0%) modest (9%) nervous (0%) observant (9%) organised (0%) patient (9%) powerful (27%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (9%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (45%) spontaneous (9%) sympathetic (9%) tense (18%) trustworthy (27%) warm (0%) wise (18%) witty (9%)
FantasiCat thinks: bold, cheerful, friendly, silly, accepting.
Gabby thinks: adaptable, energetic, extroverted, happy, intelligent, accepting.
HATE thinks: silly, cheerful, energetic, happy, adaptable.
Ewidge thinks: tense, loving, dependable, caring, accepting, spontaneous.
satanic_rayne thinks: powerful, wise, trustworthy, clever, complex.
satanic_rayne thinks: trustworthy, complex, powerful, clever, wise.
andrew thinks: bold, extroverted, powerful, witty, tense.
Heather thinks: calm, friendly, helpful, observant, patient, silly.
werdna thinks: dependable, trustworthy, knowledgeable, silly, modest.
vole thinks: accepting, adaptable, confident, clever, extroverted, sympathetic.
James McNabb thinks: loving, sensible, clever, friendly, silly.
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