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 Jaxia's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaclevercomplex intelligent knowledgeable self-conscious trustworthy | Blind Spotableaccepting adaptable bold brave calm caring cheerful confident dependable energetic friendly happy helpful idealistic independent ingenious kind loving observant patient proud quiet reflective relaxed searching self-assertive sensible sentimental shy spontaneous warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknowndignified extroverted giving introverted logical mature modest nervous organised powerful religious responsive silly sympathetic tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (6%) accepting (6%) adaptable (6%) bold (6%) brave (6%) calm (6%) caring (25%) cheerful (25%) clever (12%) complex (12%) confident (6%) dependable (6%) dignified (0%) energetic (37%) extroverted (0%) friendly (18%) giving (0%) happy (31%) helpful (6%) idealistic (6%) independent (12%) ingenious (6%) intelligent (43%) introverted (0%) kind (6%) knowledgeable (6%) logical (0%) loving (37%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (25%) organised (0%) patient (12%) powerful (0%) proud (6%) quiet (12%) reflective (25%) relaxed (6%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (12%) self-assertive (12%) self-conscious (6%) sensible (6%) sentimental (6%) shy (18%) silly (0%) spontaneous (18%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (12%) warm (18%) wise (0%) witty (18%)
me thinks: witty, self-conscious, independent, energetic, searching.
Pauly thinks: warm, loving, idealistic, intelligent, energetic, searching.
SK thinks: complex, intelligent, proud, trustworthy, accepting, loving.
CJ thinks: caring, cheerful, happy, intelligent, warm.
Tars thinks: energetic, intelligent, independent, able, reflective.
baniarla thinks: self-assertive, happy, witty, brave, loving, clever.
Just a reader thinks: caring, intelligent, happy, trustworthy, loving, bold.
JSS thinks: intelligent, cheerful, adaptable, energetic, loving, sentimental.
christina thinks: shy, spontaneous, relaxed, patient, observant, reflective.
RandomMouse thinks: warm, quiet, helpful, dependable, complex.
RandomMouse thinks: knowledgeable, observant, loving, patient, caring.
smd thinks: happy, ingenious, observant, cheerful, energetic, spontaneous.
gracie thinks: cheerful, calm, reflective, quiet, shy, friendly.
Julia thinks: sensible, intelligent, friendly, energetic, kind.
anon thinks: self-assertive, spontaneous, observant, friendly, witty.
nareman thinks: caring, happy, reflective, clever, shy, confident.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-