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 Ryn's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacomplexfriendly intelligent sentimental silly | Blind Spotableadaptable bold brave caring clever confident dependable giving independent kind logical loving patient powerful relaxed responsive searching spontaneous sympathetic trustworthy warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadereflective | Unknownaccepting calm cheerful dignified energetic extroverted happy helpful idealistic ingenious introverted knowledgeable mature modest nervous observant organised proud quiet religious self-assertive self-conscious sensible shy tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (10%) accepting (0%) adaptable (20%) bold (30%) brave (10%) calm (0%) caring (40%) cheerful (0%) clever (10%) complex (20%) confident (10%) dependable (10%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (30%) giving (20%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (30%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (30%) introverted (0%) kind (10%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (10%) loving (40%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (20%) powerful (10%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (10%) religious (0%) responsive (10%) searching (10%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (10%) shy (0%) silly (50%) spontaneous (20%) sympathetic (10%) tense (0%) trustworthy (30%) warm (10%) wise (20%) witty (20%)
C thinks: complex, friendly, intelligent, sentimental, witty, caring.
penny hehe thinks: complex, clever, loving, patient, silly, trustworthy.
meredith thinks: dependable, confident, adaptable, independent, sympathetic.
ryptide thinks: intelligent, trustworthy, wise, loving, logical, silly.
carter thinks: loving, silly, kind, responsive, caring.
vanessa thinks: brave, witty, powerful, wise, giving, warm.
Mr. Refney thinks: intelligent, caring, silly, bold, spontaneous.
melody thinks: loving, bold, able, friendly, giving.
Mark thinks: bold, independent, relaxed, spontaneous, trustworthy, friendly.
Penny thinks: adaptable, caring, searching, patient, independent, silly.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-