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 PattyM's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaboldcomplex confident intelligent self-assertive wise | Blind Spotacceptingadaptable brave calm caring cheerful clever dignified energetic extroverted happy helpful idealistic independent kind knowledgeable logical loving mature organised powerful proud reflective searching self-conscious sentimental spontaneous trustworthy warm |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownable dependable friendly giving ingenious introverted modest nervous observant patient quiet relaxed religious responsive sensible shy silly sympathetic tense witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (9%) adaptable (27%) bold (9%) brave (9%) calm (9%) caring (18%) cheerful (9%) clever (18%) complex (18%) confident (45%) dependable (0%) dignified (9%) energetic (18%) extroverted (18%) friendly (0%) giving (0%) happy (18%) helpful (9%) idealistic (9%) independent (27%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (18%) introverted (0%) kind (9%) knowledgeable (9%) logical (9%) loving (18%) mature (18%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (9%) patient (0%) powerful (18%) proud (9%) quiet (0%) reflective (18%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (18%) self-assertive (36%) self-conscious (9%) sensible (0%) sentimental (18%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (9%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (18%) warm (18%) wise (18%) witty (0%)
SteveB thinks: cheerful, energetic, extroverted, loving, organised, spontaneous.
stacy thinks: caring, trustworthy, wise, loving, independent.
Nancy thinks: independent, self-assertive, mature, complex, bold.
mariser thinks: reflective, confident, adaptable, sentimental, searching.
JohnG thinks: clever, dignified, warm, kind, mature, extroverted.
haha thinks: knowledgeable, self-assertive, self-conscious, energetic, powerful, confident.
mary thinks: independent, powerful, self-assertive, proud, intelligent.
ATT thinks: intelligent, confident, sentimental, self-assertive, searching, helpful.
Anonymous thinks: calm, warm, accepting, idealistic, happy, logical.
Laurie thinks: caring, happy, confident, trustworthy, adaptable, reflective.
a friend thinks: complex, clever, brave, confident, adaptable, wise.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-