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 WilderSmith's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaintelligentloving silly | Blind Spotableaccepting bold brave caring cheerful confident dependable energetic extroverted friendly independent kind knowledgeable observant self-assertive sentimental spontaneous warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadecomplexresponsive trustworthy | Unknownadaptable calm clever dignified giving happy helpful idealistic ingenious introverted logical mature modest nervous organised patient powerful proud quiet reflective relaxed religious searching self-conscious sensible shy sympathetic tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
87% of people agree that WilderSmith is silly
able (12%) accepting (12%) adaptable (0%) bold (12%) brave (12%) calm (0%) caring (37%) cheerful (50%) clever (0%) complex (0%) confident (25%) dependable (12%) dignified (0%) energetic (50%) extroverted (25%) friendly (25%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (12%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (12%) introverted (0%) kind (12%) knowledgeable (25%) logical (0%) loving (25%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (25%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (12%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (12%) shy (0%) silly (87%) spontaneous (37%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (0%) warm (25%) wise (0%) witty (25%)
chriskelly thinks: friendly, sentimental, cheerful, silly, loving, caring.
Spock thinks: witty, silly, energetic, extroverted, spontaneous, knowledgeable.
rsue thinks: confident, witty, observant, silly, warm, cheerful.
kerry thinks: independent, cheerful, intelligent, kind, silly, dependable.
Lilan thinks: bold, energetic, accepting, caring, spontaneous, self-assertive.
Martin thinks: silly, able, confident, cheerful, observant.
miranda thinks: loving, caring, knowledgeable, brave, energetic, silly.
Richie? thinks: spontaneous, silly, friendly, extroverted, energetic, warm.
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