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 xDef's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenabravecomplex confident intelligent powerful witty | Blind Spotacceptingbold calm caring cheerful clever dependable dignified energetic helpful idealistic independent kind knowledgeable logical loving mature modest observant patient quiet relaxed searching silly spontaneous trustworthy wise |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownable adaptable extroverted friendly giving happy ingenious introverted nervous organised proud reflective religious responsive self-assertive self-conscious sensible sentimental shy sympathetic tense warm |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
66% of people agree that xDef is powerful
able (0%) accepting (16%) adaptable (0%) bold (25%) brave (25%) calm (16%) caring (8%) cheerful (25%) clever (16%) complex (25%) confident (8%) dependable (8%) dignified (8%) energetic (16%) extroverted (0%) friendly (0%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (16%) idealistic (16%) independent (16%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (33%) introverted (0%) kind (16%) knowledgeable (25%) logical (8%) loving (8%) mature (33%) modest (8%) nervous (0%) observant (8%) organised (0%) patient (8%) powerful (66%) proud (0%) quiet (8%) reflective (0%) relaxed (8%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (50%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (8%) spontaneous (16%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (8%) warm (0%) wise (16%) witty (16%)
mark thinks: caring, dignified, energetic, helpful, kind, idealistic.
joDIE thinks: bold, clever, wise, silly, powerful, kind.
kevin thinks: calm, knowledgeable, logical, intelligent, independent, cheerful.
and*r*e*w* thinks: accepting, cheerful, intelligent, mature, patient, powerful.
michelle thinks: spontaneous, searching, trustworthy, energetic, independent, loving.
doug-y boy** thinks: mature, spontaneous, searching, bold, powerful, witty.
MEGAN byotch! thinks: accepting, calm, idealistic, helpful, knowledgeable, observant.
Oidatb nina thinks: powerful, searching, relaxed, quiet, wise, mature.
slitmythoat blackmyeyes thinks: brave, complex, confident, powerful, searching, knowledgeable.
juw!! thinks: powerful, intelligent, complex, brave, modest, mature.
___!! jena!! thinks: brave, complex, intelligent, cheerful, powerful, searching.
crimmson**fate thinks: bold, clever, dependable, powerful, searching, witty.
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