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 Joreth's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacomplexindependent intelligent introverted logical | Blind Spotableadaptable bold brave calm confident energetic friendly knowledgeable mature organised patient powerful proud quiet relaxed searching self-assertive sensible sympathetic trustworthy warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeloving | Unknownaccepting caring cheerful clever dependable dignified extroverted giving happy helpful idealistic ingenious kind modest nervous observant reflective religious responsive self-conscious sentimental shy silly spontaneous tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (22%) accepting (0%) adaptable (11%) bold (11%) brave (11%) calm (33%) caring (0%) cheerful (0%) clever (0%) complex (22%) confident (22%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (11%) extroverted (0%) friendly (22%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (33%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (44%) introverted (11%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (44%) logical (22%) loving (0%) mature (22%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (11%) patient (44%) powerful (11%) proud (11%) quiet (11%) reflective (0%) relaxed (11%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (11%) self-assertive (44%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (11%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (11%) tense (0%) trustworthy (11%) warm (11%) wise (0%) witty (11%)
anklesnake thinks: independent, adaptable, sensible, patient, calm.
Nancy thinks: able, friendly, quiet, intelligent, complex.
Shannon Gunderson thinks: patient, sympathetic, warm, confident, friendly, brave.
Paul Hiser thinks: searching, self-assertive, logical, mature, relaxed, patient.
Joreth thinks: self-assertive, independent, knowledgeable, calm, complex, introverted.
Caitlin thinks: able, independent, intelligent, patient, knowledgeable, logical.
dcs thinks: confident, intelligent, knowledgeable, trustworthy, calm.
cybrgrl thinks: knowledgeable, proud, organised, bold, powerful, self-assertive.
Puck thinks: energetic, intelligent, mature, self-assertive, witty.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-