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 Su Chan's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenafriendlyobservant organised sentimental | Blind Spotableaccepting adaptable calm caring cheerful complex confident dependable extroverted helpful independent intelligent knowledgeable logical reflective relaxed religious responsive sensible silly trustworthy warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeintrovertedpatient | Unknownbold brave clever dignified energetic giving happy idealistic ingenious kind loving mature modest nervous powerful proud quiet searching self-assertive self-conscious shy spontaneous sympathetic tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (20%) accepting (20%) adaptable (10%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (10%) caring (10%) cheerful (10%) clever (0%) complex (10%) confident (10%) dependable (20%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (20%) friendly (30%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (30%) idealistic (0%) independent (10%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (20%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (20%) logical (10%) loving (0%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (50%) organised (30%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (20%) relaxed (40%) religious (10%) responsive (10%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (20%) sentimental (10%) shy (0%) silly (10%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (20%) warm (30%) wise (10%) witty (40%)
mania thinks: friendly, adaptable, responsive, witty, reflective.
samantha thinks: accepting, extroverted, independent, observant, sensible, witty.
ally thinks: accepting, observant, organised, relaxed, reflective, helpful.
kaile thinks: relaxed, sentimental, witty, able, sensible.
rita thinks: intelligent, caring, trustworthy, confident, observant, warm.
ice^angel thinks: cheerful, warm, observant, calm, friendly, witty.
tessie thinks: knowledgeable, intelligent, wise, organised, observant, able.
Del thinks: friendly, trustworthy, warm, relaxed, extroverted, dependable.
hoho thinks: knowledgeable, silly, complex, helpful, religious.
lingz thinks: dependable, logical, relaxed, helpful, organised.
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