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 Glen Peterson's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenafriendlytrustworthy warm | Blind Spotablebold calm caring complex confident dignified idealistic independent intelligent knowledgeable logical modest observant relaxed religious searching self-assertive wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadedependablepatient reflective | Unknownaccepting adaptable brave cheerful clever energetic extroverted giving happy helpful ingenious introverted kind loving mature nervous organised powerful proud quiet responsive self-conscious sensible sentimental shy silly spontaneous sympathetic tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (50%) accepting (0%) adaptable (0%) bold (16%) brave (0%) calm (16%) caring (16%) cheerful (0%) clever (0%) complex (33%) confident (16%) dependable (0%) dignified (16%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (33%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (16%) independent (33%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (33%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (16%) logical (16%) loving (0%) mature (0%) modest (16%) nervous (0%) observant (50%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (16%) religious (50%) responsive (0%) searching (33%) self-assertive (16%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (33%) warm (16%) wise (16%) witty (16%)
Cindi thinks: intelligent, trustworthy, religious, logical, caring, dignified.
rrrrrrrrrrrrrrob. thinks: wise, complex, knowledgeable, religious, intelligent, searching.
Steve thinks: religious, searching, complex, independent, able, observant.
Beth Peterson thinks: bold, able, observant, self-assertive, warm, idealistic.
Kyle thinks: friendly, witty, observant, modest, relaxed, trustworthy.
Glennn thinks: able, calm, confident, friendly, independent.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-