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 Heather Sessler's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaacceptingadaptable caring complex intelligent | Blind Spotablebold brave cheerful clever confident dignified energetic extroverted happy helpful idealistic independent kind loving mature organised powerful searching self-conscious silly sympathetic trustworthy witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadedependable | Unknowncalm friendly giving ingenious introverted knowledgeable logical modest nervous observant patient proud quiet reflective relaxed religious responsive self-assertive sensible sentimental shy spontaneous tense warm wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (11%) accepting (11%) adaptable (11%) bold (22%) brave (11%) calm (0%) caring (33%) cheerful (44%) clever (22%) complex (11%) confident (11%) dependable (0%) dignified (11%) energetic (33%) extroverted (11%) friendly (0%) giving (0%) happy (11%) helpful (11%) idealistic (11%) independent (44%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (44%) introverted (0%) kind (22%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (11%) mature (11%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (11%) patient (0%) powerful (11%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (11%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (11%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (33%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (11%) tense (0%) trustworthy (44%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (11%)
Rachel (p.s-I love you) :P thinks: loving, mature, trustworthy, independent, self-conscious.
D Rock! thinks: confident, independent, intelligent, bold, idealistic, helpful.
Richard K thinks: cheerful, kind, powerful, trustworthy, able, adaptable.
jdonnel thinks: silly, clever, intelligent, bold, caring.
Cousin Jessica thinks: intelligent, cheerful, brave, independent, searching, caring.
yo'lil'sis thinks: witty, intelligent, clever, complex, accepting, trustworthy.
jytrt thinks: organised, dignified, energetic, kind, sympathetic.
Wes Luttrell thinks: energetic, happy, extroverted, silly, cheerful, independent.
Rosie thinks: cheerful, energetic, silly, caring, trustworthy.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-