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 NikolaAnne's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenagivingindependent trustworthy | Blind Spotablecalm caring cheerful clever complex confident dependable dignified energetic extroverted friendly helpful idealistic intelligent kind logical loving mature nervous organised patient self-assertive self-conscious sensible sentimental shy sympathetic wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadehappyreflective warm | Unknownaccepting adaptable bold brave ingenious introverted knowledgeable modest observant powerful proud quiet relaxed religious responsive searching silly spontaneous tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (22%) accepting (0%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (11%) caring (33%) cheerful (11%) clever (11%) complex (11%) confident (11%) dependable (11%) dignified (11%) energetic (11%) extroverted (11%) friendly (33%) giving (44%) happy (0%) helpful (22%) idealistic (11%) independent (11%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (11%) introverted (0%) kind (22%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (22%) loving (33%) mature (11%) modest (0%) nervous (11%) observant (0%) organised (11%) patient (11%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (33%) self-conscious (11%) sensible (11%) sentimental (33%) shy (11%) silly (0%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (11%) tense (0%) trustworthy (11%) warm (0%) wise (11%) witty (11%)
Rachel thinks: calm, dependable, loving, kind, self-conscious, wise.
Lixie thinks: logical, organised, self-assertive, energetic, extroverted.
banana thinks: loving, self-assertive, giving, witty, helpful.
Karl thinks: caring, kind, loving, nervous, sentimental, trustworthy.
gregknight thinks: friendly, sentimental, giving, self-assertive, able, confident.
zara thinks: sympathetic, friendly, giving, shy, sensible.
Annarella thinks: caring, giving, friendly, patient, intelligent, sentimental.
Jane thinks: cheerful, complex, clever, independent, logical.
Michelle thinks: able, caring, dignified, helpful, idealistic, mature.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-