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 Palekitty's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaconfidentloving mature observant spontaneous | Blind Spotableaccepting cheerful dependable dignified energetic independent ingenious intelligent knowledgeable proud quiet reflective self-assertive sensible wise |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeidealistic | Unknownadaptable bold brave calm caring clever complex extroverted friendly giving happy helpful introverted kind logical modest nervous organised patient powerful relaxed religious responsive searching self-conscious sentimental shy silly sympathetic tense trustworthy warm witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (20%) accepting (20%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (0%) cheerful (20%) clever (0%) complex (0%) confident (40%) dependable (20%) dignified (40%) energetic (20%) extroverted (0%) friendly (0%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (20%) ingenious (20%) intelligent (40%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (20%) logical (0%) loving (40%) mature (40%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (20%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (20%) quiet (20%) reflective (40%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (20%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (20%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (40%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (0%) warm (0%) wise (20%) witty (0%)
zotasoda thinks: spontaneous, reflective, energetic, confident, cheerful.
boghopper thinks: independent, mature, quiet, observant, intelligent, confident.
Simon thinks: accepting, dignified, ingenious, self-assertive, wise, sensible.
Rebecca thinks: loving, intelligent, proud, dependable, reflective, mature.
me thinks: able, knowledgeable, loving, dignified, spontaneous.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-