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 TheAustrian's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacomplexidealistic knowledgeable loving relaxed | Blind Spotableaccepting calm caring cheerful clever dependable dignified energetic extroverted friendly giving helpful ingenious intelligent kind logical mature modest patient proud quiet reflective searching self-conscious sensible trustworthy witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownadaptable bold brave confident happy independent introverted nervous observant organised powerful religious responsive self-assertive sentimental shy silly spontaneous sympathetic tense warm wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
75% of people think that TheAustrian is intelligent
able (6%) accepting (12%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (25%) caring (37%) cheerful (6%) clever (18%) complex (18%) confident (0%) dependable (6%) dignified (12%) energetic (6%) extroverted (6%) friendly (18%) giving (12%) happy (0%) helpful (12%) idealistic (6%) independent (0%) ingenious (6%) intelligent (75%) introverted (0%) kind (6%) knowledgeable (50%) logical (18%) loving (12%) mature (25%) modest (18%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (6%) powerful (0%) proud (18%) quiet (12%) reflective (6%) relaxed (6%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (12%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (12%) sensible (12%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (31%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (31%)
Mom thinks: witty, proud, knowledgeable, reflective, intelligent, idealistic.
Kara thinks: searching, proud, intelligent, complex, clever, calm.
Melissa thinks: kind, intelligent, self-conscious, witty, logical.
Mrs. B thinks: clever, intelligent, accepting, friendly, trustworthy.
Jordan thinks: witty, knowledgeable, friendly, caring, modest, extroverted.
df627 thinks: knowledgeable, witty, intelligent, proud, dignified.
Gino thinks: mature, modest, intelligent, searching, calm.
Mindsey thinks: knowledgeable, helpful, self-conscious, caring, logical, complex.
Jim thinks: knowledgeable, trustworthy, modest, helpful, logical, intelligent.
Sean Joerg thinks: caring, intelligent, loving, mature, trustworthy, giving.
Suzanne! (NOT Sean as above!) thinks: caring, intelligent, loving, mature, trustworthy, giving.
Jen Thropp thinks: patient, knowledgeable, witty, able, ingenious, intelligent.
Sherri thinks: calm, intelligent, quiet, sensible, accepting, clever.
David Gibbs thinks: mature, calm, knowledgeable, caring, friendly, sensible.
Christina thinks: caring, energetic, intelligent, trustworthy, dependable, cheerful.
julie thinks: complex, dignified, knowledgeable, quiet, relaxed.
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