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 Jane Frances's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaindependentintelligent introverted observant | Blind Spotableaccepting adaptable calm cheerful complex dependable friendly giving helpful knowledgeable logical mature modest organised patient quiet responsive searching sensible sentimental spontaneous trustworthy warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeidealisticreflective | Unknownbold brave caring clever confident dignified energetic extroverted happy ingenious kind loving nervous powerful proud relaxed religious self-assertive self-conscious shy silly sympathetic tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (20%) accepting (10%) adaptable (10%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (10%) caring (0%) cheerful (10%) clever (0%) complex (20%) confident (0%) dependable (40%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (20%) giving (10%) happy (0%) helpful (20%) idealistic (0%) independent (20%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (50%) introverted (40%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (30%) logical (30%) loving (0%) mature (20%) modest (10%) nervous (0%) observant (30%) organised (50%) patient (10%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (20%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (10%) searching (10%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (20%) sentimental (10%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (10%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (10%) warm (10%) wise (0%) witty (30%)
LOVING SISTER! thinks: dependable, intelligent, knowledgeable, observant, organised, sensible.
Miggy thinks: quiet, observant, logical, introverted, modest, organised.
Sonny Thakur thinks: friendly, knowledgeable, logical, mature, introverted, complex.
Jayca thinks: independent, warm, intelligent, spontaneous, accepting, cheerful.
Dy thinks: independent, mature, introverted, dependable, organised, complex.
Brian thinks: quiet, witty, intelligent, friendly, organised.
mine thinks: witty, observant, able, giving, searching, sentimental.
1875 thinks: intelligent, organised, dependable, sensible, responsive, helpful.
misty thinks: adaptable, helpful, introverted, witty, patient, logical.
Crissa thinks: able, calm, knowledgeable, dependable, intelligent, trustworthy.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-