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 Talis the Grue's.
Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
Known to Others | Arenacleverquiet relaxed witty | Blind Spotacceptingadaptable bold caring cheerful confident extroverted friendly independent intelligent introverted kind loving silly warm |
Not Known to Others | Façadecalmtrustworthy | Unknownable brave complex dependable dignified energetic giving happy helpful idealistic ingenious knowledgeable logical mature modest nervous observant organised patient powerful proud reflective religious responsive searching self-assertive self-conscious sensible sentimental shy spontaneous sympathetic tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) |
able (0%) accepting (25%) adaptable (25%) bold (25%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (25%) cheerful (25%) clever (25%) complex (0%) confident (25%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (25%) friendly (50%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (50%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (50%) introverted (25%) kind (25%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (25%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (50%) reflective (0%) relaxed (50%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (25%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (0%) warm (25%) wise (0%) witty (25%)
glassapples thinks: accepting, friendly, independent, intelligent, quiet, relaxed.
WyldThyng thinks: bold, silly, warm, extroverted, witty, friendly.
Deidra thinks: caring, cheerful, adaptable, clever, intelligent, loving.
j_marie thinks: introverted, relaxed, kind, quiet, independent, confident.
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