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 Mellsvillelove's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenafriendlygiving helpful loving religious sympathetic | Blind Spotableaccepting adaptable bold caring clever dependable extroverted happy idealistic independent intelligent mature observant patient powerful reflective self-assertive sensible sentimental silly tense trustworthy warm |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownbrave calm cheerful complex confident dignified energetic ingenious introverted kind knowledgeable logical modest nervous organised proud quiet relaxed responsive searching self-conscious shy spontaneous wise witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (30%) accepting (20%) adaptable (10%) bold (10%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (30%) cheerful (0%) clever (10%) complex (0%) confident (0%) dependable (10%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (10%) friendly (30%) giving (30%) happy (20%) helpful (10%) idealistic (10%) independent (20%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (10%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (20%) mature (10%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (10%) organised (0%) patient (10%) powerful (10%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (20%) relaxed (0%) religious (30%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (10%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (30%) sentimental (40%) shy (0%) silly (20%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (30%) tense (10%) trustworthy (30%) warm (20%) wise (0%) witty (0%)
Laura thinks: loving, mature, sensible, trustworthy, caring, sentimental.
Josh! thinks: loving, happy, religious, trustworthy, warm.
la stage manager thinks: independent, self-assertive, giving, able, sensible.
SAMMY! thinks: able, bold, clever, powerful, dependable, trustworthy.
eh thinks: happy, giving, friendly, religious, idealistic.
kaaate thinks: silly, sympathetic, sensible, sentimental, caring, helpful.
Adam thinks: caring, friendly, extroverted, silly, sentimental, accepting.
Meg thinks: accepting, independent, tense, religious, intelligent, able.
Jennifer thinks: friendly, giving, patient, sympathetic, reflective.
Melody thinks: sentimental, observant, adaptable, reflective, warm, sympathetic.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-