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 Hugo Schwyzer's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaboldcomplex extroverted giving self-conscious | Blind Spotableaccepting adaptable brave caring cheerful confident energetic friendly happy helpful idealistic independent intelligent introverted kind knowledgeable loving observant patient proud reflective religious responsive searching self-assertive sensible sentimental shy silly spontaneous sympathetic warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknowncalm clever dependable dignified ingenious logical mature modest nervous organised powerful quiet relaxed tense trustworthy wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (19%) accepting (28%) adaptable (4%) bold (4%) brave (4%) calm (0%) caring (33%) cheerful (23%) clever (0%) complex (28%) confident (4%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (33%) extroverted (38%) friendly (23%) giving (4%) happy (14%) helpful (4%) idealistic (33%) independent (4%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (33%) introverted (4%) kind (9%) knowledgeable (9%) logical (0%) loving (23%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (19%) organised (0%) patient (9%) powerful (0%) proud (9%) quiet (0%) reflective (9%) relaxed (0%) religious (28%) responsive (4%) searching (19%) self-assertive (4%) self-conscious (9%) sensible (4%) sentimental (14%) shy (4%) silly (4%) spontaneous (4%) sympathetic (14%) tense (0%) trustworthy (0%) warm (14%) wise (0%) witty (4%)
LHB thinks: cheerful, energetic, warm, sentimental, loving, patient.
breadfish thinks: religious, kind, idealistic, extroverted, intelligent, self-conscious.
ianvh thinks: intelligent, searching, reflective, able, complex.
Kathleen thinks: adaptable, caring, energetic, idealistic, giving, observant.
lorie thinks: extroverted, caring, knowledgeable, patient, religious, warm.
Paige thinks: knowledgeable, accepting, idealistic, complex, intelligent, warm.
Noumena thinks: confident, friendly, proud, caring, religious, cheerful.
Elliot thinks: energetic, complex, extroverted, religious, intelligent, caring.
Antigone thinks: friendly, sentimental, shy, sympathetic, kind, introverted.
Anna thinks: observant, searching, sympathetic, extroverted, idealistic.
Alexandra thinks: accepting, energetic, extroverted, happy, loving, religious.
KnowledgEable thinks: friendly, searching, cheerful, caring, complex, sympathetic.
Marianne thinks: able, cheerful, intelligent, loving, idealistic, complex.
a teacher reader thinks: brave, self-conscious, reflective, caring, sensible, friendly.
barry thinks: loving, happy, sentimental, silly, spontaneous.
Glen Peterson thinks: accepting, complex, intelligent, observant, responsive.
a reader thinks: accepting, energetic, happy, intelligent, religious, caring.
Laura thinks: extroverted, idealistic, observant, searching, helpful.
anon thinks: idealistic, proud, accepting, energetic, able.
student thinks: bold, energetic, witty, extroverted, independent, able.
a random reader thinks: cheerful, friendly, extroverted, loving, accepting, self-assertive.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-