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 alicia the midwife's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacomplexintelligent knowledgeable logical sympathetic | Blind Spotableaccepting brave caring clever confident dependable friendly giving helpful kind loving mature modest observant patient reflective religious searching trustworthy warm wise |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeingenious | Unknownadaptable bold calm cheerful dignified energetic extroverted happy idealistic independent introverted nervous organised powerful proud quiet relaxed responsive self-assertive self-conscious sensible sentimental shy silly spontaneous tense witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (25%) accepting (16%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (16%) calm (0%) caring (50%) cheerful (0%) clever (8%) complex (16%) confident (8%) dependable (16%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (8%) giving (41%) happy (0%) helpful (16%) idealistic (0%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (16%) introverted (0%) kind (16%) knowledgeable (50%) logical (8%) loving (33%) mature (16%) modest (8%) nervous (0%) observant (16%) organised (0%) patient (16%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (16%) relaxed (0%) religious (41%) responsive (0%) searching (8%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (41%) tense (0%) trustworthy (25%) warm (16%) wise (25%) witty (0%)
TSO thinks: sympathetic, giving, complex, dependable, religious.
ukok thinks: able, knowledgeable, mature, brave, clever, logical.
Salome Ellen thinks: knowledgeable, giving, loving, religious, wise, intelligent.
Gregg the obscure thinks: giving, searching, trustworthy, warm, loving, sympathetic.
Dennis thinks: reflective, caring, sympathetic, observant, intelligent.
mandamum thinks: knowledgeable, trustworthy, reflective, kind, patient, wise.
Jan thinks: observant, warm, helpful, caring, mature, able.
Dawn Eden thinks: kind, brave, giving, caring, religious, modest.
Liz thinks: sympathetic, accepting, caring, patient, loving, giving.
anon reader thinks: loving, confident, dependable, religious, wise, knowledgeable.
Sandy (blog reader) thinks: able, religious, knowledgeable, complex, caring, sympathetic.
Sheryl thinks: helpful, caring, trustworthy, friendly, knowledgeable, accepting.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-