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 Brittany Allene's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenakindmodest silly spontaneous trustworthy | Blind Spotacceptingcalm caring cheerful clever complex confident dependable energetic friendly happy helpful ingenious intelligent introverted knowledgeable mature observant reflective religious searching shy warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownable adaptable bold brave dignified extroverted giving idealistic independent logical loving nervous organised patient powerful proud quiet relaxed responsive self-assertive self-conscious sensible sentimental sympathetic tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (11%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (11%) caring (44%) cheerful (22%) clever (11%) complex (11%) confident (11%) dependable (11%) dignified (0%) energetic (22%) extroverted (0%) friendly (33%) giving (0%) happy (11%) helpful (11%) idealistic (0%) independent (0%) ingenious (22%) intelligent (22%) introverted (11%) kind (33%) knowledgeable (22%) logical (0%) loving (0%) mature (11%) modest (33%) nervous (0%) observant (22%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (11%) relaxed (0%) religious (11%) responsive (0%) searching (11%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (11%) silly (44%) spontaneous (33%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (33%) warm (11%) wise (0%) witty (22%)
Sydney thinks: cheerful, trustworthy, caring, friendly, kind, helpful.
Kara Cox thinks: spontaneous, silly, modest, friendly, trustworthy.
Jennifer thinks: calm, caring, kind, reflective, observant, trustworthy.
Sara Elliott thinks: caring, cheerful, silly, dependable, modest, friendly.
CindyRose thinks: religious, witty, spontaneous, ingenious, intelligent, caring.
Tammy Seale thinks: confident, accepting, complex, intelligent, observant.
Juan Alejandro thinks: knowledgeable, shy, warm, modest, introverted, searching.
:) thinks: clever, energetic, silly, spontaneous, witty, ingenious.
Valerie thinks: knowledgeable, happy, mature, silly, energetic, kind.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-