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 Marie Formerly Known as Brat's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenadependablefriendly intelligent reflective self-assertive | Blind Spotableaccepting adaptable bold caring cheerful complex confident dignified energetic extroverted giving independent kind knowledgeable loving mature nervous organised quiet religious searching self-conscious sentimental silly spontaneous sympathetic tense trustworthy warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeidealistic | Unknownbrave calm clever happy helpful ingenious introverted logical modest observant patient powerful proud relaxed responsive sensible shy wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (30%) accepting (7%) adaptable (15%) bold (7%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (15%) cheerful (15%) clever (0%) complex (7%) confident (7%) dependable (15%) dignified (7%) energetic (30%) extroverted (7%) friendly (30%) giving (7%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (7%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (38%) introverted (0%) kind (38%) knowledgeable (15%) logical (0%) loving (7%) mature (23%) modest (0%) nervous (15%) observant (0%) organised (30%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (7%) reflective (7%) relaxed (0%) religious (23%) responsive (0%) searching (7%) self-assertive (15%) self-conscious (7%) sensible (0%) sentimental (7%) shy (0%) silly (7%) spontaneous (7%) sympathetic (23%) tense (15%) trustworthy (23%) warm (23%) wise (0%) witty (23%)
GermNY thinks: nervous, trustworthy, intelligent, able, organised, warm.
kristina thinks: witty, confident, friendly, intelligent, extroverted.
Bonnie thinks: accepting, dignified, tense, caring, organised.
Yvette Pena-Davis thinks: mature, organised, dependable, searching, self-conscious, trustworthy.
Karin Cruz thinks: adaptable, sympathetic, intelligent, self-assertive, kind, witty.
Sonia thinks: friendly, intelligent, kind, trustworthy, warm, sympathetic.
Pyro thinks: religious, cheerful, kind, silly, friendly, energetic.
steph thinks: energetic, friendly, quiet, kind, cheerful, complex.
Gata Tea Queen thinks: able, giving, adaptable, sympathetic, loving, organised.
asapeersteph thinks: able, reflective, warm, witty, energetic, kind.
Vicky thinks: intelligent, energetic, mature, religious, independent, caring.
someone thinks: self-assertive, knowledgeable, nervous, able, sentimental, tense.
beau thinks: bold, dependable, knowledgeable, spontaneous, mature, religious.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-