sesquipedality's Johari Window

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 sesquipedality's.

Known
to
Self
Not
Known
to
Self
Known to Others

Arena

complex
intelligent
knowledgeable
trustworthy

Blind Spot

able
accepting
adaptable
bold
brave
clever
confident
dignified
friendly
independent
introverted
kind
logical
mature
modest
observant
powerful
proud
quiet
reflective
searching
self-assertive
self-conscious
sensible
shy
spontaneous
warm
witty
Not Known to Others

Façade

caring
idealistic

Unknown

calm cheerful dependable energetic extroverted giving happy helpful ingenious loving nervous organised patient relaxed religious responsive sentimental silly sympathetic tense wise

(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.)

All Percentages

able (15%) accepting (7%) adaptable (7%) bold (7%) brave (7%) calm (0%) caring (0%) cheerful (0%) clever (7%) complex (38%) confident (7%) dependable (0%) dignified (15%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (30%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (23%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (30%) introverted (15%) kind (15%) knowledgeable (30%) logical (46%) loving (0%) mature (7%) modest (15%) nervous (0%) observant (7%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (7%) proud (7%) quiet (7%) reflective (23%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (23%) self-assertive (15%) self-conscious (38%) sensible (23%) sentimental (0%) shy (7%) silly (0%) spontaneous (7%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (30%) warm (15%) wise (0%) witty (15%)

Description Breakdown (13 people)

Dave Townsend thinks: searching, self-conscious, knowledgeable, dignified, kind, warm.
triskellian thinks: complex, intelligent, logical, trustworthy, witty.
bibliogirl thinks: able, logical, reflective, searching, modest.
antoniosteve thinks: independent, accepting, spontaneous, friendly, shy.
inquis thinks: logical, sensible, dignified, quiet, complex, mature.
queenortart thinks: trustworthy, self-conscious, knowledgeable, friendly, complex, sensible.
wyrdness thinks: logical, introverted, sensible, self-conscious, witty, intelligent.
madwitch thinks: logical, reflective, observant, adaptable, knowledgeable.
taimatsu thinks: able, intelligent, reflective, trustworthy, complex, self-conscious.
Jo English Bint thinks: friendly, kind, modest, self-conscious, trustworthy, warm.
Tom J thinks: friendly, clever, independent, self-assertive, complex, confident.
lark thinks: introverted, knowledgeable, logical, searching, proud.
wednesday thinks: brave, bold, self-assertive, intelligent, independent, powerful.

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The Interactive Johari Window was installed and grouted by Kevan, on the 11th of February 2006.
Questions? Check the FAQ.
If you can take criticism, there's also a darker Nohari Window.