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 wastefulspace's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacomplexextroverted sentimental silly trustworthy | Blind Spotableaccepting bold brave caring cheerful confident dependable energetic friendly giving happy idealistic independent intelligent kind knowledgeable loving mature observant quiet responsive searching self-assertive self-conscious sensible spontaneous tense warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownadaptable calm clever dignified helpful ingenious introverted logical modest nervous organised patient powerful proud reflective relaxed religious shy sympathetic |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (7%) accepting (7%) adaptable (0%) bold (15%) brave (23%) calm (0%) caring (7%) cheerful (23%) clever (0%) complex (23%) confident (15%) dependable (15%) dignified (0%) energetic (15%) extroverted (15%) friendly (46%) giving (7%) happy (7%) helpful (0%) idealistic (7%) independent (7%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (15%) introverted (0%) kind (15%) knowledgeable (7%) logical (0%) loving (15%) mature (15%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (7%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (7%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (23%) searching (23%) self-assertive (7%) self-conscious (15%) sensible (15%) sentimental (30%) shy (0%) silly (7%) spontaneous (38%) sympathetic (0%) tense (7%) trustworthy (23%) warm (7%) wise (7%) witty (23%)
Renan thinks: bold, complex, friendly, searching, spontaneous, witty.
tasj thinks: , loving, complex, brave, wise, giving.
ladykatia thinks: friendly, sentimental, quiet, searching, self-conscious, kind.
eds thinks: spontaneous, searching, extroverted, able, accepting, dependable.
jov thinks: intelligent, self-conscious, responsive, sentimental, tense.
Neo thinks: friendly, happy, cheerful, energetic, warm.
bianca thinks: confident, brave, mature, trustworthy, sensible, sentimental.
Lu-wi thinks: extroverted, sensible, dependable, mature, self-assertive.
og thinks: sentimental, brave, energetic, cheerful, responsive, friendly.
Jay-r thinks: independent, spontaneous, trustworthy, friendly, responsive.
myname thinks: kind, silly, friendly, cheerful, spontaneous, loving.
madhatter thinks: confident, knowledgeable, observant, complex, witty, trustworthy.
otep thinks: caring, witty, spontaneous, idealistic, intelligent, bold.
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