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 The D's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacomplexfriendly loving self-conscious tense | Blind Spotacceptingbold calm caring clever dependable giving helpful idealistic intelligent introverted kind knowledgeable mature nervous observant organised patient relaxed responsive searching sentimental silly sympathetic trustworthy warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadereflective | Unknownable adaptable brave cheerful confident dignified energetic extroverted happy independent ingenious logical modest powerful proud quiet religious self-assertive sensible shy spontaneous |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (11%) adaptable (0%) bold (11%) brave (0%) calm (11%) caring (33%) cheerful (0%) clever (11%) complex (22%) confident (0%) dependable (22%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (44%) giving (11%) happy (0%) helpful (22%) idealistic (11%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (11%) introverted (11%) kind (11%) knowledgeable (11%) logical (0%) loving (33%) mature (22%) modest (0%) nervous (22%) observant (33%) organised (11%) patient (11%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (11%) religious (0%) responsive (11%) searching (11%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (11%) sensible (0%) sentimental (22%) shy (0%) silly (11%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (11%) tense (33%) trustworthy (33%) warm (11%) wise (11%) witty (11%)
Annie thinks: complex, observant, introverted, tense, bold, friendly.
paper thinks: friendly, nervous, knowledgeable, responsive, witty, tense.
these make some sense G thinks: self-conscious, tense, idealistic, searching, nervous.
RafaelShinji thinks: caring, friendly, loving, mature, sentimental, warm.
that girl thinks: loving, sentimental, dependable, trustworthy, relaxed, caring.
Will thinks: friendly, trustworthy, observant, loving, sympathetic, kind.
Tony thinks: accepting, trustworthy, helpful, dependable, silly.
Kristina thinks: calm, caring, mature, patient, observant, wise.
rafael thinks: clever, complex, helpful, giving, intelligent, organised.
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