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 ThomasB's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacomplexintelligent observant searching trustworthy witty | Blind Spotacceptingbold calm caring clever confident dependable friendly giving helpful independent ingenious kind knowledgeable logical loving patient quiet reflective relaxed sensible silly spontaneous warm wise |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownable adaptable brave cheerful dignified energetic extroverted happy idealistic introverted mature modest nervous organised powerful proud religious responsive self-assertive self-conscious sentimental shy sympathetic tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
84% of people agree that ThomasB is intelligent
able (0%) accepting (7%) adaptable (0%) bold (7%) brave (0%) calm (23%) caring (23%) cheerful (0%) clever (30%) complex (7%) confident (7%) dependable (15%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (7%) giving (7%) happy (0%) helpful (7%) idealistic (0%) independent (7%) ingenious (23%) intelligent (84%) introverted (0%) kind (7%) knowledgeable (23%) logical (7%) loving (7%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (30%) organised (0%) patient (7%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (15%) reflective (15%) relaxed (38%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (7%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (7%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (15%) spontaneous (15%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (38%) warm (7%) wise (7%) witty (46%)
Richard thinks: intelligent, trustworthy, intelligent, spontaneous, witty, relaxed.
kehlee thinks: caring, intelligent, witty, dependable, giving, loving.
Lucas thinks: knowledgeable, observant, ingenious, calm, sensible.
Amy thinks: intelligent, silly, logical, independent, reflective, calm.
Chuck thinks: confident, intelligent, bold, observant, wise.
Elie thinks: caring, trustworthy, observant, intelligent, relaxed, witty.
Dominic thinks: dependable, helpful, intelligent, kind, knowledgeable, trustworthy.
AJ thinks: clever, intelligent, relaxed, silly, witty, friendly.
Jackie thinks: ingenious, spontaneous, warm, accepting, witty.
Stephen Schonewolf thinks: clever, intelligent, quiet, trustworthy, relaxed.
jessamyn thinks: intelligent, witty, searching, clever, calm.
the pudding queen thinks: trustworthy, relaxed, patient, knowledgeable, intelligent, clever.
Colby thinks: reflective, quiet, observant, ingenious, complex, caring.
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