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 taifighter's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacomplexenergetic giving happy self-conscious witty | Blind Spotableadaptable bold cheerful dependable extroverted friendly independent intelligent loving nervous proud self-assertive shy silly spontaneous tense trustworthy |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownaccepting brave calm caring clever confident dignified helpful idealistic ingenious introverted kind knowledgeable logical mature modest observant organised patient powerful quiet reflective relaxed religious responsive searching sensible sentimental sympathetic warm wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (12%) accepting (0%) adaptable (12%) bold (12%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (0%) cheerful (37%) clever (0%) complex (25%) confident (0%) dependable (12%) dignified (0%) energetic (37%) extroverted (12%) friendly (12%) giving (12%) happy (50%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (12%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (25%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (25%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (12%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (12%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (25%) self-conscious (25%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (12%) silly (37%) spontaneous (25%) sympathetic (0%) tense (12%) trustworthy (37%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (37%)
You Know thinks: happy, loving, self-conscious, trustworthy, cheerful.
Dr. Strangelove thinks: tense, complex, self-conscious, nervous, proud.
anonymouse thinks: silly, intelligent, shy, dependable, independent.
Brandon thinks: spontaneous, witty, energetic, extroverted, happy, self-assertive.
MikeG thinks: bold, complex, energetic, silly, spontaneous.
chichi thinks: intelligent, happy, cheerful, silly, trustworthy.
iambethica thinks: friendly, self-assertive, energetic, adaptable, witty, happy.
diana thinks: cheerful, trustworthy, giving, able, witty, loving.
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