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 spookymushroom's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacomplexintroverted nervous searching tense | Blind Spotableaccepting bold brave caring cheerful clever dignified friendly giving helpful ingenious intelligent kind loving modest observant powerful proud quiet reflective religious self-conscious shy spontaneous trustworthy warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownadaptable calm confident dependable energetic extroverted happy idealistic independent knowledgeable logical mature organised patient relaxed responsive self-assertive sensible sentimental silly sympathetic |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (8%) accepting (41%) adaptable (0%) bold (16%) brave (50%) calm (0%) caring (16%) cheerful (8%) clever (16%) complex (50%) confident (0%) dependable (0%) dignified (8%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (16%) giving (8%) happy (0%) helpful (8%) idealistic (0%) independent (0%) ingenious (8%) intelligent (25%) introverted (25%) kind (41%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (8%) mature (0%) modest (8%) nervous (25%) observant (8%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (33%) proud (8%) quiet (8%) reflective (16%) relaxed (0%) religious (8%) responsive (0%) searching (8%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (8%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (8%) silly (0%) spontaneous (8%) sympathetic (0%) tense (8%) trustworthy (25%) warm (8%) wise (16%) witty (16%)
Anonymous thinks: accepting, complex, nervous, introverted, searching, spontaneous.
anonymous thinks: accepting, clever, complex, intelligent, kind, brave.
Quentin thinks: accepting, proud, trustworthy, complex, powerful, kind.
cat thinks: intelligent, helpful, brave, powerful, observant, reflective.
anonymous thinks: powerful, complex, kind, accepting, intelligent, nervous.
Anonymous thinks: friendly, bold, brave, complex, warm.
Bonbon thinks: able, bold, caring, loving, modest, witty.
pink cat thinks: ingenious, powerful, kind, complex, wise, brave.
anonymous thinks: nervous, caring, brave, tense, shy, accepting.
anon thinks: reflective, wise, brave, witty, dignified, introverted.
anonymous thinks: cheerful, clever, kind, friendly, trustworthy.
... thinks: introverted, quiet, religious, self-conscious, trustworthy, giving.
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