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 Lip Jin's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaclevercomplex knowledgeable silly | Blind Spotablebold caring confident dependable energetic extroverted friendly giving happy idealistic independent intelligent introverted kind nervous observant organised responsive searching self-assertive self-conscious sentimental spontaneous tense |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeproud | Unknownaccepting adaptable brave calm cheerful dignified helpful ingenious logical loving mature modest patient powerful quiet reflective relaxed religious sensible shy sympathetic trustworthy warm wise witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (33%) accepting (0%) adaptable (0%) bold (11%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (22%) cheerful (0%) clever (11%) complex (33%) confident (33%) dependable (22%) dignified (0%) energetic (22%) extroverted (11%) friendly (44%) giving (22%) happy (11%) helpful (0%) idealistic (11%) independent (11%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (33%) introverted (11%) kind (11%) knowledgeable (33%) logical (0%) loving (0%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (11%) observant (11%) organised (11%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (11%) searching (22%) self-assertive (44%) self-conscious (11%) sensible (0%) sentimental (11%) shy (0%) silly (11%) spontaneous (11%) sympathetic (0%) tense (11%) trustworthy (0%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (0%)
helianthus thinks: able, friendly, sentimental, complex, observant, searching.
z thinks: self-assertive, responsive, idealistic, intelligent, spontaneous.
helena thinks: nervous, introverted, tense, silly, self-assertive.
kinfoong thinks: knowledgeable, friendly, self-assertive, complex, clever, confident.
Laura thinks: friendly, energetic, happy, extroverted, confident.
huileng thinks: complex, friendly, self-assertive, able, caring, bold.
calvin thinks: energetic, knowledgeable, self-conscious, dependable, able.
spider thinks: giving, dependable, caring, independent, intelligent, kind.
delle thinks: giving, intelligent, searching, confident, knowledgeable, organised.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-