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 Bud Buckley's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacalmdependable happy loving searching | Blind Spotacceptingadaptable brave caring clever confident extroverted friendly giving helpful independent intelligent kind knowledgeable logical mature modest observant patient reflective relaxed trustworthy warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeenergetic | Unknownable bold cheerful complex dignified idealistic ingenious introverted nervous organised powerful proud quiet religious responsive self-assertive self-conscious sensible sentimental shy silly spontaneous sympathetic tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (11%) adaptable (11%) bold (0%) brave (11%) calm (22%) caring (11%) cheerful (0%) clever (22%) complex (0%) confident (11%) dependable (11%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (11%) friendly (44%) giving (11%) happy (11%) helpful (44%) idealistic (0%) independent (11%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (33%) introverted (0%) kind (22%) knowledgeable (11%) logical (11%) loving (33%) mature (22%) modest (11%) nervous (0%) observant (22%) organised (0%) patient (11%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (44%) relaxed (22%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (33%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (11%) warm (22%) wise (33%) witty (11%)
golfwidow thinks: calm, happy, reflective, searching, wise, relaxed.
Jade thinks: accepting, confident, dependable, intelligent, kind, mature.
Becky thinks: friendly, reflective, searching, warm, wise, relaxed.
Jill thinks: friendly, caring, adaptable, helpful, warm, clever.
Webmiztris thinks: friendly, helpful, mature, extroverted, reflective, loving.
D-Man thinks: brave, witty, loving, giving, helpful, clever.
jennifer thinks: calm, friendly, observant, patient, helpful, kind.
Becky thinks: searching, wise, trustworthy, reflective, intelligent, modest.
anonymous thinks: independent, intelligent, knowledgeable, logical, loving, observant.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-