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 Rosie's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacalmcheerful friendly happy silly | Blind Spotableaccepting adaptable bold brave confident dependable extroverted helpful idealistic independent intelligent knowledgeable observant relaxed self-assertive spontaneous warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadepatient | Unknowncaring clever complex dignified energetic giving ingenious introverted kind logical loving mature modest nervous organised powerful proud quiet reflective religious responsive searching self-conscious sensible sentimental shy sympathetic tense trustworthy |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (12%) accepting (25%) adaptable (25%) bold (12%) brave (12%) calm (12%) caring (0%) cheerful (50%) clever (0%) complex (0%) confident (25%) dependable (12%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (25%) friendly (25%) giving (0%) happy (37%) helpful (25%) idealistic (12%) independent (12%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (37%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (25%) logical (0%) loving (0%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (12%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (25%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (25%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (25%) spontaneous (12%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (0%) warm (25%) wise (12%) witty (37%)
ace thinks: independent, knowledgeable, warm, idealistic, intelligent.
Nora:-) thinks: accepting, adaptable, silly, observant, happy, cheerful.
a thinks: adaptable, accepting, witty, relaxed, wise, helpful.
Darren thinks: brave, confident, happy, able, calm, self-assertive.
Rob thinks: cheerful, intelligent, relaxed, spontaneous, warm, witty.
Oliver thinks: silly, extroverted, friendly, happy, cheerful.
megan thinks: confident, friendly, witty, extroverted, cheerful, helpful.
Hannah thinks: intelligent, bold, self-assertive, knowledgeable, dependable.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-