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 gloomsister's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaintrovertednervous reflective searching self-conscious | Blind Spotableaccepting adaptable brave clever complex confident dependable friendly giving idealistic independent ingenious intelligent logical loving mature modest observant powerful proud relaxed responsive self-assertive sentimental silly sympathetic tense trustworthy warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadecaring | Unknownbold calm cheerful dignified energetic extroverted happy helpful kind knowledgeable organised patient quiet religious sensible shy spontaneous |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (5%) accepting (5%) adaptable (5%) bold (0%) brave (5%) calm (0%) caring (0%) cheerful (0%) clever (27%) complex (44%) confident (11%) dependable (11%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (16%) giving (5%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (27%) independent (11%) ingenious (5%) intelligent (33%) introverted (22%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (16%) loving (5%) mature (16%) modest (11%) nervous (5%) observant (38%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (5%) proud (5%) quiet (0%) reflective (50%) relaxed (5%) religious (0%) responsive (16%) searching (33%) self-assertive (5%) self-conscious (16%) sensible (0%) sentimental (5%) shy (0%) silly (5%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (11%) tense (5%) trustworthy (16%) warm (16%) wise (5%) witty (22%)
yael thinks: giving, observant, sympathetic, trustworthy, intelligent, searching.
anonymous thinks: observant, reflective, witty, confident, independent, responsive.
Zoe thinks: complex, idealistic, intelligent, searching, observant, reflective.
steve thinks: introverted, reflective, self-conscious, clever, friendly.
oseprocse thinks: complex, idealistic, reflective, modest, responsive, confident.
James thinks: warm, logical, clever, dependable, friendly, sympathetic.
Leonardo que thinks: accepting, introverted, searching, warm, friendly, responsive.
helen-why can i only choose 6? thinks: witty, introverted, self-conscious, searching, powerful, complex.
creature is my real name thinks: intelligent, observant, reflective, dependable, wise, trustworthy.
rin thinks: witty, searching, reflective, silly, complex.
Mellis(I'd also add beautiful) thinks: complex, intelligent, mature, observant, reflective, searching.
gillian thinks: clever, brave, adaptable, observant, independent.
erin thinks: complex, observant, idealistic, mature, reflective.
helen thinks: introverted, able, self-conscious, trustworthy, tense.
anonymous thinks: clever, mature, logical, intelligent, modest.
stevie thinks: proud, logical, clever, complex, self-assertive, relaxed.
sienna thinks: nervous, sentimental, loving, warm, idealistic, intelligent.
Kristy thinks: complex, reflective, witty, ingenious, idealistic.
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