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 Matti Matt's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaconfidentfriendly silly trustworthy | Blind Spotadaptablebold brave caring cheerful clever dependable energetic extroverted giving happy idealistic intelligent introverted kind logical loving patient powerful proud quiet religious searching self-assertive shy tense warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadehelpful | Unknownable accepting calm complex dignified independent ingenious knowledgeable mature modest nervous observant organised reflective relaxed responsive self-conscious sensible sentimental spontaneous sympathetic |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (0%) adaptable (10%) bold (10%) brave (20%) calm (0%) caring (30%) cheerful (10%) clever (20%) complex (0%) confident (20%) dependable (10%) dignified (0%) energetic (10%) extroverted (10%) friendly (50%) giving (20%) happy (20%) helpful (0%) idealistic (10%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (10%) introverted (20%) kind (10%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (10%) loving (20%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (10%) powerful (10%) proud (10%) quiet (10%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (30%) responsive (0%) searching (20%) self-assertive (10%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (10%) silly (30%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (10%) trustworthy (10%) warm (30%) wise (10%) witty (20%)
Helgi thinks: confident, friendly, giving, loving, silly.
Matti Matt thinks: warm, silly, quiet, searching, shy.
joel thinks: trustworthy, adaptable, brave, happy, religious, proud.
Kjáninn thinks: silly, idealistic, friendly, dependable, bold.
SuperBeta thinks: witty, caring, energetic, friendly, logical, warm.
Elín thinks: caring, happy, religious, kind, friendly.
Jon thinks: searching, patient, introverted, clever, wise.
Fanney Dóra thinks: clever, cheerful, extroverted, powerful, friendly, confident.
anonymous thinks: intelligent, self-assertive, witty, introverted, tense.
frænks thinks: caring, giving, religious, warm, brave, loving.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-