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 madwinter's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacaringdependable patient self-conscious sentimental | Blind Spotableaccepting cheerful complex confident energetic friendly giving happy helpful idealistic intelligent introverted kind loving modest nervous observant organised quiet reflective searching shy silly spontaneous sympathetic tense trustworthy warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownadaptable bold brave calm clever dignified extroverted independent ingenious knowledgeable logical mature powerful proud relaxed religious responsive self-assertive sensible wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (9%) accepting (9%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (18%) cheerful (18%) clever (0%) complex (27%) confident (9%) dependable (9%) dignified (0%) energetic (27%) extroverted (0%) friendly (18%) giving (18%) happy (18%) helpful (18%) idealistic (9%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (18%) introverted (18%) kind (27%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (9%) mature (0%) modest (9%) nervous (9%) observant (9%) organised (18%) patient (9%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (36%) reflective (18%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (27%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (27%) sensible (0%) sentimental (18%) shy (9%) silly (27%) spontaneous (18%) sympathetic (9%) tense (9%) trustworthy (18%) warm (9%) wise (0%) witty (9%)
zzZZzzZ thinks: accepting, intelligent, nervous, quiet, shy, helpful.
nana thinks: trustworthy, helpful, sentimental, dependable, kind, spontaneous.
onglai thinks: intelligent, friendly, confident, observant, spontaneous, witty.
xinxin thinks: cheerful, energetic, self-conscious, warm, kind, caring.
iz thinks: complex, searching, tense, energetic, introverted, reflective.
Jian Yang thinks: searching, silly, reflective, happy, idealistic, quiet.
rong thinks: able, complex, self-conscious, searching, giving.
Ben thinks: quiet, organised, happy, sentimental, silly, sympathetic.
snufflezz thinks: modest, patient, complex, organised, giving, trustworthy.
PureBlood thinks: introverted, self-conscious, kind, silly, quiet.
bC thinks: caring, cheerful, loving, energetic, friendly.
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