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 RParker's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaablecheerful intelligent logical witty | Blind Spotacceptingadaptable calm caring clever complex dignified extroverted friendly giving helpful ingenious knowledgeable mature observant organised patient proud quiet reflective responsive searching self-assertive sensible warm |
| Not Known to Others | Façadepowerful | Unknownbold brave confident dependable energetic happy idealistic independent introverted kind loving modest nervous relaxed religious self-conscious sentimental shy silly spontaneous sympathetic tense trustworthy wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (16%) accepting (25%) adaptable (16%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (33%) caring (8%) cheerful (8%) clever (33%) complex (25%) confident (0%) dependable (0%) dignified (8%) energetic (0%) extroverted (8%) friendly (33%) giving (8%) happy (0%) helpful (16%) idealistic (0%) independent (0%) ingenious (25%) intelligent (50%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (33%) logical (33%) loving (0%) mature (25%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (8%) organised (16%) patient (25%) powerful (0%) proud (8%) quiet (16%) reflective (16%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (16%) searching (8%) self-assertive (8%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (8%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (0%) warm (8%) wise (0%) witty (25%)
Eric thinks: calm, knowledgeable, clever, mature, patient.
Homegrown Democrat thinks: knowledgeable, cheerful, helpful, organised, accepting, friendly.
CanadianRyan thinks: intelligent, ingenious, responsive, witty, complex, adaptable.
Chronicler thinks: calm, mature, helpful, patient, reflective, responsive.
JoeServo thinks: intelligent, sensible, accepting, calm, patient, quiet.
Tony (aka WeatherGuy) thinks: intelligent, knowledgeable, clever, able, logical, observant.
Brandon thinks: calm, clever, complex, friendly, intelligent, reflective.
BillyH thinks: accepting, ingenious, warm, clever, complex, friendly.
James thinks: logical, adaptable, dignified, mature, witty.
Mamamia thinks: able, intelligent, logical, self-assertive, extroverted.
GZLFB thinks: logical, ingenious, searching, quiet, knowledgeable, intelligent.
Maditude thinks: caring, organised, proud, witty, giving, friendly.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-