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 Brinny's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaadaptableintelligent logical mature silly trustworthy | Blind Spotableaccepting bold brave caring clever complex dependable energetic extroverted friendly giving helpful idealistic independent kind loving observant powerful relaxed searching self-assertive spontaneous sympathetic tense witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknowncalm cheerful confident dignified happy ingenious introverted knowledgeable modest nervous organised patient proud quiet reflective religious responsive self-conscious sensible sentimental shy warm wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (20%) accepting (10%) adaptable (10%) bold (20%) brave (20%) calm (0%) caring (30%) cheerful (0%) clever (10%) complex (20%) confident (0%) dependable (20%) dignified (0%) energetic (10%) extroverted (20%) friendly (40%) giving (20%) happy (0%) helpful (10%) idealistic (10%) independent (10%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (30%) introverted (0%) kind (20%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (10%) loving (40%) mature (30%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (10%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (10%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (10%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (10%) self-assertive (10%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (10%) spontaneous (10%) sympathetic (10%) tense (20%) trustworthy (20%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (10%)
John thinks: idealistic, extroverted, accepting, relaxed, giving.
Julianna thinks: able, brave, caring, clever, dependable, loving.
Mommy thinks: independent, intelligent, loving, giving, brave, caring.
John F. thinks: complex, intelligent, tense, witty, silly.
chris thinks: friendly, logical, adaptable, searching, bold.
Slade thinks: friendly, intelligent, loving, mature, trustworthy, dependable.
Samantha thinks: mature, friendly, kind, able, bold.
Libby thinks: self-assertive, sympathetic, extroverted, helpful, mature.
Joe thinks: loving, tense, complex, kind, powerful, observant.
M thinks: friendly, caring, trustworthy, spontaneous, energetic.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-