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 Toan Daxland's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacomplexintroverted proud sentimental spontaneous | Blind Spotablebrave calm caring clever confident dependable energetic helpful idealistic independent intelligent knowledgeable logical observant reflective responsive searching self-assertive sensible silly sympathetic witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeshy | Unknownaccepting adaptable bold cheerful dignified extroverted friendly giving happy ingenious kind loving mature modest nervous organised patient powerful quiet relaxed religious self-conscious tense trustworthy warm wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (27%) accepting (0%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (9%) calm (9%) caring (9%) cheerful (0%) clever (36%) complex (27%) confident (36%) dependable (27%) dignified (0%) energetic (9%) extroverted (0%) friendly (0%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (9%) idealistic (27%) independent (18%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (18%) introverted (9%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (45%) logical (27%) loving (0%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (9%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (36%) quiet (0%) reflective (18%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (18%) searching (9%) self-assertive (36%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (9%) sentimental (9%) shy (0%) silly (9%) spontaneous (27%) sympathetic (9%) tense (0%) trustworthy (0%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (18%)
and imma let you finish, but I thinks: responsive, confident, witty, complex, introverted, logical.
Kael thinks: able, self-assertive, intelligent, clever, dependable, complex.
JM: says hi thinks: knowledgeable, confident, sensible, caring, calm.
MOKO thinks: clever, dependable, knowledgeable, proud, self-assertive, spontaneous.
Lolghurt thinks: spontaneous, idealistic, clever, witty, intelligent, knowledgeable.
Ozzay! thinks: proud, self-assertive, energetic, searching, dependable, able.
Guess Who. thinks: knowledgeable, independent, confident, observant, clever.
silverstars thinks: able, reflective, spontaneous, idealistic, proud.
R thinks: confident, independent, brave, idealistic, logical.
your mother thinks: proud, knowledgeable, complex, responsive, self-assertive.
anonymous thinks: sympathetic, reflective, helpful, silly, logical, sentimental.
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