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 Wiredforsound's.
Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
Known to Others | Arenafriendlyidealistic loving proud | Blind Spotadaptablebold brave caring clever complex dignified extroverted giving helpful independent intelligent introverted kind knowledgeable mature observant powerful reflective relaxed religious searching sentimental spontaneous sympathetic trustworthy wise witty |
Not Known to Others | Façadewarm | Unknownable accepting calm cheerful confident dependable energetic happy ingenious logical modest nervous organised patient quiet responsive self-assertive self-conscious sensible shy silly tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) |
able (0%) accepting (0%) adaptable (10%) bold (20%) brave (10%) calm (0%) caring (30%) cheerful (0%) clever (20%) complex (20%) confident (0%) dependable (0%) dignified (10%) energetic (0%) extroverted (10%) friendly (40%) giving (20%) happy (0%) helpful (10%) idealistic (30%) independent (10%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (40%) introverted (10%) kind (20%) knowledgeable (10%) logical (0%) loving (10%) mature (10%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (20%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (10%) proud (20%) quiet (0%) reflective (20%) relaxed (20%) religious (10%) responsive (0%) searching (10%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (20%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (20%) sympathetic (10%) tense (0%) trustworthy (40%) warm (0%) wise (10%) witty (10%)
madgirlslove thinks: brave, friendly, loving, intelligent, searching, witty.
yoyo thinks: clever, independent, observant, relaxed, trustworthy.
DS thinks: observant, religious, introverted, dignified, friendly, intelligent.
Patrick thinks: adaptable, clever, proud, spontaneous, trustworthy, bold.
skydancerlilitu thinks: caring, complex, reflective, kind, trustworthy.
Gary thinks: mature, powerful, idealistic, intelligent, wise, friendly.
Gits&Shiggles thinks: bold, caring, idealistic, extroverted, relaxed, spontaneous.
sassyasskitty thinks: giving, intelligent, proud, reflective, complex.
eric thinks: sympathetic, kind, helpful, trustworthy, sentimental, knowledgeable.
childofscorn thinks: friendly, sentimental, giving, caring, idealistic.
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