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 Arrow's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenalogicalshy trustworthy | Blind Spotacceptingbrave caring clever complex dependable energetic extroverted friendly giving idealistic intelligent kind knowledgeable loving modest patient quiet reflective responsive searching sensible silly spontaneous sympathetic warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadenervousself-conscious sentimental | Unknownable adaptable bold calm cheerful confident dignified happy helpful independent ingenious introverted mature observant organised powerful proud relaxed religious self-assertive tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (25%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (33%) calm (0%) caring (25%) cheerful (0%) clever (25%) complex (8%) confident (0%) dependable (8%) dignified (0%) energetic (8%) extroverted (8%) friendly (41%) giving (25%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (8%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (50%) introverted (0%) kind (16%) knowledgeable (25%) logical (25%) loving (8%) mature (0%) modest (16%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (8%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (16%) reflective (8%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (8%) searching (25%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (8%) sentimental (0%) shy (8%) silly (25%) spontaneous (8%) sympathetic (16%) tense (0%) trustworthy (41%) warm (8%) wise (0%) witty (16%)
Sarah thinks: knowledgeable, friendly, intelligent, trustworthy, kind, clever.
meorae thinks: intelligent, trustworthy, shy, friendly, logical.
Giulia thinks: accepting, brave, giving, modest, silly, trustworthy.
Carol thinks: brave, modest, quiet, trustworthy, energetic.
Tasha thinks: clever, friendly, intelligent, quiet, searching.
Wen Zhang thinks: loving, friendly, trustworthy, searching, dependable, giving.
Ray thinks: knowledgeable, intelligent, caring, silly, accepting.
More of a Genius than You Both thinks: clever, complex, friendly, intelligent, logical, knowledgeable.
David thinks: intelligent, giving, searching, warm, sympathetic, brave.
Katie thinks: brave, reflective, sensible, witty, caring, logical.
Josh thinks: accepting, caring, responsive, silly, spontaneous, witty.
R thinks: extroverted, idealistic, kind, patient, sympathetic.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-