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 Poolboy's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaadaptableintelligent | Blind Spotableaccepting bold brave caring cheerful clever confident energetic friendly giving happy independent kind knowledgeable logical modest observant powerful reflective relaxed searching self-assertive silly spontaneous trustworthy warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeidealisticself-conscious sentimental | Unknowncalm complex dependable dignified extroverted helpful ingenious introverted loving mature nervous organised patient proud quiet religious responsive sensible shy sympathetic tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
66% of people think that Poolboy is brave
able (22%) accepting (11%) adaptable (11%) bold (11%) brave (66%) calm (0%) caring (11%) cheerful (11%) clever (33%) complex (0%) confident (11%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (11%) extroverted (0%) friendly (22%) giving (11%) happy (11%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (22%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (44%) introverted (0%) kind (22%) knowledgeable (11%) logical (11%) loving (0%) mature (0%) modest (11%) nervous (0%) observant (11%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (11%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (11%) relaxed (11%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (22%) self-assertive (11%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (22%) spontaneous (22%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (11%) warm (11%) wise (0%) witty (33%)
thora thinks: accepting, bold, clever, brave, kind, warm.
Shanna thinks: caring, trustworthy, kind, witty, intelligent, brave.
NeroNJ thinks: spontaneous, silly, friendly, brave, cheerful.
nina_kova thinks: searching, logical, brave, witty, able.
Marie thinks: confident, observant, self-assertive, happy, independent, intelligent.
Spare thinks: brave, intelligent, modest, relaxed, knowledgeable.
deevious4 thinks: independent, adaptable, reflective, clever, brave.
Spica thinks: friendly, giving, intelligent, silly, spontaneous.
anonymous thinks: able, witty, powerful, clever, energetic, searching.
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