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 Hermione's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaacceptinghelpful | Blind Spotcaringcheerful clever confident energetic extroverted friendly happy independent ingenious intelligent knowledgeable loving mature organised relaxed responsive self-conscious sensible sentimental silly spontaneous trustworthy warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeadaptabledependable idealistic sympathetic | Unknownable bold brave calm complex dignified giving introverted kind logical modest nervous observant patient powerful proud quiet reflective religious searching self-assertive shy tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (33%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (33%) cheerful (44%) clever (11%) complex (0%) confident (11%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (22%) extroverted (22%) friendly (11%) giving (0%) happy (11%) helpful (11%) idealistic (0%) independent (44%) ingenious (11%) intelligent (11%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (33%) logical (0%) loving (11%) mature (11%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (11%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (11%) religious (0%) responsive (22%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (11%) sensible (11%) sentimental (11%) shy (0%) silly (33%) spontaneous (22%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (44%) warm (22%) wise (11%) witty (22%)
Boom thinks: caring, accepting, intelligent, trustworthy, sensible.
Melissa N-E thinks: silly, trustworthy, sentimental, self-conscious, caring, accepting.
Nicole thinks: cheerful, caring, energetic, confident, loving, silly.
Jinx thinks: silly, warm, knowledgeable, independent, spontaneous, clever.
spazmuffin2 thinks: independent, knowledgeable, spontaneous, friendly, cheerful, happy.
Rain thinks: ingenious, independent, responsive, witty, cheerful, extroverted.
Gryffin thinks: responsive, trustworthy, independent, mature, accepting.
Phoenix thinks: cheerful, relaxed, warm, witty, extroverted, organised.
Hermione thinks: wise, energetic, helpful, knowledgeable, trustworthy.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-