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 Princess Hannah's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacomplexindependent intelligent mature silly | Blind Spotacceptingbold caring cheerful clever confident dependable energetic friendly happy idealistic kind knowledgeable loving nervous observant reflective responsive searching self-conscious sentimental spontaneous trustworthy warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeable | Unknownadaptable brave calm dignified extroverted giving helpful ingenious introverted logical modest organised patient powerful proud quiet relaxed religious self-assertive sensible shy sympathetic tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (25%) adaptable (0%) bold (12%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (25%) cheerful (37%) clever (12%) complex (12%) confident (37%) dependable (12%) dignified (0%) energetic (37%) extroverted (0%) friendly (50%) giving (0%) happy (12%) helpful (0%) idealistic (12%) independent (12%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (37%) introverted (0%) kind (25%) knowledgeable (12%) logical (0%) loving (12%) mature (12%) modest (0%) nervous (12%) observant (12%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (12%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (12%) searching (12%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (12%) sensible (0%) sentimental (12%) shy (0%) silly (12%) spontaneous (12%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (37%) warm (12%) wise (0%) witty (12%)
Joan thinks: idealistic, friendly, bold, reflective, cheerful.
Trigger thinks: accepting, caring, dependable, energetic, intelligent, kind.
Andy thinks: kind, warm, energetic, accepting, nervous, cheerful.
Sabina thinks: happy, energetic, responsive, independent, confident, silly.
Scarbie thinks: friendly, confident, intelligent, mature, witty, spontaneous.
anonymous thinks: self-conscious, loving, complex, searching, trustworthy.
Liza thinks: sentimental, trustworthy, clever, intelligent, observant, friendly.
T'was I thinks: confident, friendly, knowledgeable, trustworthy, caring, cheerful.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-