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 virtuistic's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaboldclever energetic loving spontaneous | Blind Spotableaccepting adaptable brave caring complex confident dependable extroverted friendly happy idealistic independent ingenious intelligent kind knowledgeable observant proud responsive searching self-assertive sentimental silly trustworthy witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadesympathetic | Unknowncalm cheerful dignified giving helpful introverted logical mature modest nervous organised patient powerful quiet reflective relaxed religious self-conscious sensible shy tense warm wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (8%) accepting (8%) adaptable (8%) bold (33%) brave (16%) calm (0%) caring (16%) cheerful (0%) clever (41%) complex (25%) confident (16%) dependable (8%) dignified (0%) energetic (25%) extroverted (8%) friendly (25%) giving (0%) happy (8%) helpful (0%) idealistic (8%) independent (25%) ingenious (16%) intelligent (16%) introverted (0%) kind (8%) knowledgeable (25%) logical (0%) loving (33%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (16%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (8%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (8%) searching (8%) self-assertive (25%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (8%) shy (0%) silly (8%) spontaneous (33%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (33%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (33%)
alex thinks: knowledgeable, independent, confident, able, clever, trustworthy.
thinks: knowledgeable, independent, friendly, accepting, witty.
alyssa thinks: brave, bold, intelligent, happy, idealistic, confident.
Aaron thinks: clever, loving, intelligent, responsive, trustworthy, complex.
Faith thinks: proud, energetic, spontaneous, self-assertive, friendly.
That boy you've always loved. thinks: clever, complex, trustworthy, knowledgeable, loving.
wheresmytower thinks: bold, sentimental, searching, energetic, spontaneous, silly.
Brittanie thinks: independent, trustworthy, spontaneous, kind, adaptable, dependable.
nic thinks: self-assertive, caring, clever, observant, witty.
nini_darko thinks: clever, witty, friendly, loving, ingenious, caring.
lightofmine thinks: energetic, complex, bold, self-assertive, observant, witty.
sasha_black thinks: ingenious, bold, brave, extroverted, spontaneous, loving.
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