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 Purple Pen's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaindependentreflective sensible | Blind Spotadaptablecaring cheerful complex confident friendly giving intelligent kind knowledgeable mature modest organised relaxed self-assertive sympathetic trustworthy wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeacceptingidealistic self-conscious | Unknownable bold brave calm clever dependable dignified energetic extroverted happy helpful ingenious introverted logical loving nervous observant patient powerful proud quiet religious responsive searching sentimental shy silly spontaneous tense warm |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
66% of people agree that Purple Pen is independent
100% of people think that Purple Pen is intelligent
able (0%) accepting (0%) adaptable (16%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (16%) cheerful (16%) clever (0%) complex (16%) confident (16%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (33%) giving (16%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (66%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (100%) introverted (0%) kind (16%) knowledgeable (33%) logical (0%) loving (0%) mature (16%) modest (33%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (16%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (50%) relaxed (16%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (16%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (16%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (16%) tense (0%) trustworthy (16%) warm (0%) wise (33%) witty (16%)
Captain Lucy thinks: organised, relaxed, intelligent, mature, friendly, wise.
Rosamicula thinks: independent, caring, reflective, complex, wise, intelligent.
my_mundane_life thinks: intelligent, reflective, trustworthy, adaptable, modest, independent.
Huskyteer thinks: intelligent, independent, knowledgeable, self-assertive, modest, sensible.
Amy thinks: knowledgeable, witty, intelligent, reflective, friendly, cheerful.
megamole thinks: intelligent, sympathetic, confident, kind, giving, independent.
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