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 eastofnorth's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaableadaptable confident independent intelligent | Blind Spotboldcaring complex extroverted friendly giving idealistic introverted kind logical loving mature observant reflective responsive searching self-conscious sensible shy silly spontaneous trustworthy warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeclever | Unknownaccepting brave calm cheerful dependable dignified energetic happy helpful ingenious knowledgeable modest nervous organised patient powerful proud quiet relaxed religious self-assertive sentimental sympathetic tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (10%) accepting (0%) adaptable (20%) bold (10%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (20%) cheerful (0%) clever (0%) complex (20%) confident (10%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (10%) friendly (10%) giving (10%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (10%) independent (30%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (50%) introverted (10%) kind (10%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (20%) loving (40%) mature (20%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (30%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (40%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (10%) searching (30%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (10%) sensible (10%) sentimental (0%) shy (10%) silly (20%) spontaneous (10%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (30%) warm (10%) wise (20%) witty (30%)
Chaos, the dork thinks: witty, silly, extroverted, introverted, searching, loving.
nod thinks: intelligent, loving, warm, trustworthy, giving, witty.
peneli thinks: intelligent, observant, reflective, trustworthy, complex, loving.
T thinks: independent, logical, searching, adaptable, self-conscious, mature.
Carlie thinks: loving, intelligent, witty, independent, bold, caring.
haydnseek thinks: complex, kind, spontaneous, silly, responsive.
vero thinks: caring, sensible, trustworthy, shy, friendly.
Kavitha thinks: observant, reflective, logical, confident, adaptable, intelligent.
Gordon (your soulmate) thinks: idealistic, wise, mature, observant, reflective.
Ellen thinks: intelligent, wise, independent, searching, reflective, able.
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