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 Ponti Mython's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaadaptableintelligent knowledgeable sentimental shy witty | Blind Spotableaccepting calm caring cheerful clever complex confident dependable energetic extroverted friendly giving helpful kind logical loving mature modest nervous observant patient reflective relaxed searching silly trustworthy warm |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownbold brave dignified happy idealistic independent ingenious introverted organised powerful proud quiet religious responsive self-assertive self-conscious sensible spontaneous sympathetic tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (18%) accepting (9%) adaptable (9%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (9%) caring (36%) cheerful (27%) clever (18%) complex (27%) confident (9%) dependable (9%) dignified (0%) energetic (18%) extroverted (9%) friendly (27%) giving (45%) happy (0%) helpful (18%) idealistic (0%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (36%) introverted (0%) kind (27%) knowledgeable (18%) logical (9%) loving (18%) mature (9%) modest (9%) nervous (9%) observant (9%) organised (0%) patient (9%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (27%) relaxed (9%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (9%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (9%) shy (9%) silly (9%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (18%) warm (9%) wise (0%) witty (36%)
RV thinks: reflective, modest, kind, complex, clever, caring.
who? thinks: cheerful, witty, friendly, giving, energetic, caring.
Greg M thinks: logical, trustworthy, mature, calm, giving, patient.
Scott thinks: energetic, extroverted, warm, intelligent, cheerful, giving.
Betty Jean thinks: kind, searching, complex, loving, trustworthy, reflective.
annoynmous thinks: knowledgeable, confident, friendly, helpful, observant, caring.
anonymous thinks: clever, intelligent, witty, nervous, cheerful.
Anony-bearer thinks: able, caring, giving, knowledgeable, sentimental, witty.
PONTI MYTHON'S thinks: able, adaptable, dependable, helpful, loving, reflective.
Canadian freind thinks: witty, friendly, giving, intelligent, accepting, relaxed.
Alison Wonderlund thinks: intelligent, shy, silly, kind, complex.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-