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 MsLis's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaintelligentintroverted knowledgeable self-conscious shy silly | Blind Spotableaccepting adaptable bold brave caring cheerful clever complex confident dependable dignified energetic extroverted friendly giving happy helpful idealistic independent ingenious kind logical loving mature modest nervous observant organised patient proud quiet reflective relaxed religious searching self-assertive sensible spontaneous tense trustworthy warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknowncalm powerful responsive sentimental sympathetic |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
60% of people agree that MsLis is intelligent
able (20%) accepting (11%) adaptable (5%) bold (5%) brave (2%) calm (0%) caring (22%) cheerful (11%) clever (2%) complex (8%) confident (28%) dependable (17%) dignified (2%) energetic (17%) extroverted (5%) friendly (17%) giving (5%) happy (5%) helpful (14%) idealistic (11%) independent (20%) ingenious (5%) intelligent (60%) introverted (17%) kind (11%) knowledgeable (22%) logical (31%) loving (14%) mature (5%) modest (2%) nervous (2%) observant (22%) organised (5%) patient (2%) powerful (0%) proud (8%) quiet (5%) reflective (8%) relaxed (2%) religious (2%) responsive (0%) searching (8%) self-assertive (11%) self-conscious (5%) sensible (8%) sentimental (0%) shy (5%) silly (5%) spontaneous (5%) sympathetic (0%) tense (2%) trustworthy (17%) warm (5%) wise (2%) witty (14%)
Daran thinks: intelligent, logical, observant, organised, searching, independent.
alcinoe thinks: knowledgeable, trustworthy, dignified, reflective, introverted, intelligent.
J thinks: accepting, caring, intelligent, knowledgeable, independent.
z thinks: idealistic, intelligent, observant, complex, introverted, nervous.
ykats thinks: searching, intelligent, dependable, introverted, loving, witty.
Kiralee thinks: independent, tense, logical, shy, intelligent.
nolly thinks: able, intelligent, knowledgeable, witty, sensible, logical.
The Admiral thinks: accepting, helpful, intelligent, observant, shy, idealistic.
XIphias thinks: intelligent, introverted, proud, trustworthy, silly, sensible.
mattblum thinks: intelligent, knowledgeable, dependable, logical, organised.
deerdancer thinks: idealistic, intelligent, caring, logical, loving.
bitchlab thinks: kind, intelligent, confident, knowledgeable, logical, dependable.
joe thinks: patient, mature, loving, logical, observant.
dakiwiboid thinks: intelligent, knowledgeable, ingenious, confident, logical, trustworthy.
lizw thinks: logical, intelligent, mature, sensible, brave, self-assertive.
aland thinks: intelligent, introverted, self-conscious, friendly, clever, reflective.
nolly thinks: intelligent, reflective, searching, knowledgeable, logical.
martha thinks: friendly, able, dependable, giving, knowledgeable, helpful.
mmm thinks: able, adaptable, complex, intelligent, observant.
katster thinks: quiet, idealistic, introverted, confident, complex, logical.
Morgan thinks: caring, confident, kind, intelligent, witty.
anonymous thinks: caring, happy, religious, wise, warm.
Janine thinks: confident, spontaneous, energetic, extroverted, kind, caring.
Kayla thinks: energetic, cheerful, confident, friendly, helpful.
kattoo thinks: extroverted, confident, intelligent, spontaneous, caring.
wendy thinks: cheerful, caring, confident, friendly, able, kind.
Sarah thinks: energetic, self-assertive, independent, loving, friendly.
Conor thinks: caring, trustworthy, cheerful, intelligent, energetic, able.
TJ thinks: able, energetic, independent, happy, confident, witty.
holly thinks: independent, energetic, observant, self-assertive, able, cheerful.
anne thinks: independent, loving, silly, self-conscious, helpful, friendly.
sherry thinks: dependable, trustworthy, intelligent, adaptable, observant, relaxed.
sherry thinks: warm, quiet, observant, giving, dependable, accepting.
sherry thinks: accepting, bold, proud, trustworthy, helpful, modest.
lisa thinks: bold, self-assertive, proud, confident, witty, ingenious.
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