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 moonbird's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaidealisticintelligent reflective sentimental wise | Blind Spotableaccepting adaptable caring cheerful complex dependable extroverted friendly giving independent kind loving mature observant organised quiet responsive searching shy sympathetic trustworthy warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownbold brave calm clever confident dignified energetic happy helpful ingenious introverted knowledgeable logical modest nervous patient powerful proud relaxed religious self-assertive self-conscious sensible silly spontaneous tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (25%) accepting (33%) adaptable (8%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (50%) cheerful (16%) clever (0%) complex (8%) confident (0%) dependable (8%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (8%) friendly (33%) giving (25%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (16%) independent (8%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (41%) introverted (0%) kind (33%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (16%) mature (25%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (8%) organised (8%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (8%) reflective (33%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (8%) searching (25%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (16%) shy (8%) silly (0%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (16%) tense (0%) trustworthy (8%) warm (16%) wise (16%) witty (25%)
SisterHavana thinks: loving, intelligent, caring, witty, wise, observant.
matildaben thinks: mature, shy, kind, warm, able.
jonmc thinks: accepting, caring, dependable, cheerful, kind, witty.
deborah thinks: friendly, giving, sympathetic, kind, quiet.
arse_hat thinks: intelligent, searching, extroverted, friendly, idealistic.
iconomy thinks: friendly, , reflective, caring, adaptable, accepting.
kali thinks: giving, sentimental, searching, intelligent, witty, kind.
mudpuppie thinks: cheerful, caring, warm, reflective, intelligent, trustworthy.
melissa may thinks: accepting, friendly, loving, reflective, searching, sentimental.
Miko thinks: giving, independent, intelligent, mature, reflective, responsive.
mygothlaundry thinks: able, accepting, sympathetic, idealistic, caring, wise.
jo thinks: able, caring, organised, mature, complex.
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