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 ymonsl's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacheerfulfriendly intelligent loving trustworthy | Blind Spotadaptablecalm caring clever complex confident dependable energetic extroverted happy helpful independent kind knowledgeable logical mature observant patient quiet relaxed religious searching self-assertive sensible shy spontaneous warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadesilly | Unknownable accepting bold brave dignified giving idealistic ingenious introverted modest nervous organised powerful proud reflective responsive self-conscious sentimental sympathetic tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (0%) adaptable (7%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (23%) caring (15%) cheerful (46%) clever (15%) complex (23%) confident (38%) dependable (15%) dignified (0%) energetic (15%) extroverted (7%) friendly (46%) giving (0%) happy (30%) helpful (23%) idealistic (0%) independent (15%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (15%) introverted (0%) kind (15%) knowledgeable (15%) logical (7%) loving (15%) mature (15%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (30%) organised (0%) patient (7%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (7%) reflective (0%) relaxed (7%) religious (7%) responsive (0%) searching (7%) self-assertive (7%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (15%) sentimental (0%) shy (7%) silly (0%) spontaneous (7%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (15%) warm (15%) wise (7%) witty (15%)
Jacky thinks: spontaneous, relaxed, knowledgeable, energetic, complex, adaptable.
imee thinks: clever, friendly, searching, witty, confident, happy.
bheng thinks: cheerful, mature, trustworthy, friendly, helpful, loving.
SisEneG thinks: calm, warm, kind, sensible, trustworthy, knowledgeable.
jos thinks: friendly, intelligent, extroverted, logical, cheerful, energetic.
biatchangel thinks: mature, friendly, confident, witty, happy, observant.
gracia thinks: friendly, dependable, cheerful, helpful, kind.
ed thinks: complex, calm, shy, confident, patient.
jenny thinks: complex, independent, cheerful, happy, warm.
sharon thinks: cheerful, independent, clever, observant, sensible, happy.
dyna thinks: friendly, cheerful, helpful, caring, self-assertive, loving.
gina thinks: confident, quiet, observant, dependable, wise.
Rahim thinks: intelligent, confident, calm, observant, caring, religious.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-