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 Benjamin Mayo's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacomplexfriendly knowledgeable logical patient | Blind Spotablebold brave caring clever confident dependable happy helpful ingenious intelligent introverted kind loving observant reflective religious searching self-assertive self-conscious silly trustworthy wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadecalm | Unknownaccepting adaptable cheerful dignified energetic extroverted giving idealistic independent mature modest nervous organised powerful proud quiet relaxed responsive sensible sentimental shy spontaneous sympathetic tense warm |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (16%) accepting (0%) adaptable (0%) bold (8%) brave (16%) calm (0%) caring (16%) cheerful (0%) clever (8%) complex (41%) confident (16%) dependable (16%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (33%) giving (0%) happy (8%) helpful (8%) idealistic (0%) independent (0%) ingenious (8%) intelligent (25%) introverted (8%) kind (16%) knowledgeable (50%) logical (33%) loving (16%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (25%) organised (0%) patient (16%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (8%) relaxed (0%) religious (25%) responsive (0%) searching (33%) self-assertive (8%) self-conscious (8%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (33%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (8%) warm (0%) wise (8%) witty (50%)
amber thinks: observant, searching, intelligent, complex, witty.
Bridget M thinks: able, friendly, knowledgeable, complex, bold, logical.
lydia thinks: brave, loving, witty, wise, religious, kind.
Deborah thinks: able, logical, searching, introverted, intelligent, caring.
mary mary not quiet contrary. thinks: silly, clever, friendly, caring, witty.
Jamie Glover thinks: helpful, logical, patient, witty, complex, knowledgeable.
Bro thinks: complex, confident, knowledgeable, religious, self-conscious, trustworthy.
Victoria thinks: confident, ingenious, observant, reflective, self-assertive, witty.
Alexa thinks: complex, silly, friendly, knowledgeable, searching, witty.
jimmie glover thinks: knowledgeable, observant, searching, silly, religious.
Jaime thinks: intelligent, dependable, friendly, knowledgeable, silly, happy.
Bridget Mendenhall thinks: brave, kind, loving, logical, patient, dependable.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-