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 Ashleigh in Holland's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaacceptingadaptable organised sensible trustworthy | Blind Spotablecaring cheerful clever confident dependable extroverted friendly giving helpful idealistic independent intelligent kind knowledgeable loving patient proud self-assertive sentimental silly wise |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownbold brave calm complex dignified energetic happy ingenious introverted logical mature modest nervous observant powerful quiet reflective relaxed religious responsive searching self-conscious shy spontaneous sympathetic tense warm witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (33%) accepting (11%) adaptable (33%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (33%) cheerful (22%) clever (11%) complex (0%) confident (44%) dependable (33%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (11%) friendly (22%) giving (22%) happy (0%) helpful (33%) idealistic (22%) independent (11%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (22%) introverted (0%) kind (22%) knowledgeable (11%) logical (0%) loving (22%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (44%) patient (22%) powerful (0%) proud (11%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (11%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (11%) sentimental (11%) shy (0%) silly (11%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (22%) warm (0%) wise (11%) witty (0%)
Nicky thinks: cheerful, kind, friendly, helpful, self-assertive, organised.
GaryC thinks: adaptable, accepting, caring, loving, patient, dependable.
KnightOrc thinks: idealistic, organised, proud, sentimental, dependable, independent.
Jenna thinks: trustworthy, able, friendly, confident, dependable, organised.
rosa thinks: caring, wise, giving, able, confident.
terri thinks: adaptable, confident, helpful, intelligent, knowledgeable, sensible.
Viv thinks: clever, caring, helpful, loving, intelligent, trustworthy.
Rachael thinks: organised, kind, adaptable, patient, giving, able.
anonymous thinks: silly, extroverted, idealistic, confident, cheerful.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-