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 McKenna's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacomplexindependent intelligent observant | Blind Spotableaccepting adaptable brave caring dignified friendly giving happy idealistic kind loving mature modest nervous organised patient proud reflective self-assertive self-conscious sensible sympathetic tense trustworthy warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeintrovertedquiet | Unknownbold calm cheerful clever confident dependable energetic extroverted helpful ingenious knowledgeable logical powerful relaxed religious responsive searching sentimental shy silly spontaneous |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (8%) accepting (16%) adaptable (8%) bold (0%) brave (8%) calm (0%) caring (16%) cheerful (0%) clever (0%) complex (16%) confident (0%) dependable (0%) dignified (33%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (25%) giving (8%) happy (8%) helpful (0%) idealistic (8%) independent (41%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (50%) introverted (0%) kind (16%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (33%) mature (8%) modest (8%) nervous (8%) observant (25%) organised (8%) patient (16%) powerful (0%) proud (8%) quiet (0%) reflective (25%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (8%) self-conscious (8%) sensible (8%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (8%) tense (8%) trustworthy (41%) warm (41%) wise (8%) witty (16%)
Colly thinks: wise, warm, loving, kind, modest.
yui thinks: nervous, self-conscious, organised, self-assertive, tense, proud.
Cloudy thinks: witty, intelligent, independent, dignified, brave, reflective.
Alessia thinks: complex, dignified, independent, reflective, warm, intelligent.
Fieryjen thinks: warm, reflective, trustworthy, kind, intelligent.
Fool thinks: able, complex, intelligent, trustworthy, independent.
crim thinks: accepting, intelligent, patient, sensible, trustworthy.
Hugo thinks: independent, caring, warm, observant, loving, friendly.
Belegon thinks: trustworthy, idealistic, , adaptable, dignified, giving.
Huck thinks: mature, patient, loving, observant, sympathetic, friendly.
Secret Admirer thinks: independent, observant, intelligent, loving, witty, dignified.
Honey thinks: accepting, caring, friendly, happy, warm, trustworthy.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-