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 melon soup for the soul's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaintelligentintroverted knowledgeable reflective | Blind Spotableaccepting brave caring complex dependable dignified energetic giving idealistic ingenious kind loving modest nervous observant patient responsive searching self-conscious sentimental shy spontaneous trustworthy warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadequiet | Unknownadaptable bold calm cheerful clever confident extroverted friendly happy helpful independent logical mature organised powerful proud relaxed religious self-assertive sensible silly sympathetic tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (20%) accepting (10%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (10%) calm (0%) caring (10%) cheerful (0%) clever (0%) complex (20%) confident (0%) dependable (10%) dignified (30%) energetic (10%) extroverted (0%) friendly (0%) giving (10%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (10%) independent (0%) ingenious (10%) intelligent (40%) introverted (30%) kind (10%) knowledgeable (20%) logical (0%) loving (20%) mature (0%) modest (10%) nervous (10%) observant (20%) organised (0%) patient (20%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (50%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (20%) searching (40%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (30%) sensible (0%) sentimental (30%) shy (10%) silly (0%) spontaneous (10%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (10%) warm (20%) wise (20%) witty (10%)
Aran thinks: complex, introverted, intelligent, knowledgeable, reflective, sentimental.
Lenore thinks: introverted, intelligent, shy, brave, reflective.
. thinks: able, intelligent, warm, sentimental, complex.
Patient Portnoy thinks: wise, witty, spontaneous, searching, responsive, dignified.
and abs useless if i may add thinks: caring, dignified, giving, idealistic, knowledgeable, modest.
hmmmmm thinks: patient, reflective, responsive, searching, self-conscious, trustworthy.
psnob thinks: able, reflective, self-conscious, dignified, sentimental, observant.
Naoko thinks: wise, loving, accepting, warm, patient, kind.
cranefly thinks: introverted, dependable, ingenious, loving, searching, energetic.
anon thinks: intelligent, nervous, observant, self-conscious, reflective, searching.
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