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 Cheesehead's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaacceptingcaring complex intelligent reflective | Blind Spotablebrave cheerful clever confident friendly independent kind loving observant religious searching sentimental spontaneous sympathetic trustworthy warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeidealistic | Unknownadaptable bold calm dependable dignified energetic extroverted giving happy helpful ingenious introverted knowledgeable logical mature modest nervous organised patient powerful proud quiet relaxed responsive self-assertive self-conscious sensible shy silly tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (20%) accepting (40%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (20%) calm (0%) caring (20%) cheerful (30%) clever (20%) complex (20%) confident (10%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (40%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (20%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (20%) introverted (0%) kind (30%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (30%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (10%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (50%) relaxed (0%) religious (30%) responsive (0%) searching (20%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (10%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (10%) sympathetic (20%) tense (0%) trustworthy (30%) warm (10%) wise (0%) witty (30%)
AEF thinks: reflective, clever, friendly, intelligent, sympathetic.
Songbird thinks: religious, caring, searching, brave, warm, kind.
Mindy thinks: confident, sentimental, spontaneous, loving, cheerful.
ppolarbear thinks: friendly, able, accepting, cheerful, reflective.
SpookyRach thinks: accepting, complex, clever, independent, reflective, witty.
Lorna thinks: independent, friendly, observant, caring, trustworthy, accepting.
Quotidian Grace thinks: intelligent, trustworthy, religious, complex, reflective, sympathetic.
Friday Mom thinks: witty, able, searching, friendly, kind.
Mindy thinks: accepting, cheerful, witty, trustworthy, loving.
ppb thinks: brave, kind, loving, reflective, religious.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-