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 Samvara's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacaringconfident extroverted intelligent loving trustworthy | Blind Spotableaccepting adaptable bold brave calm cheerful clever complex dependable energetic friendly giving happy helpful idealistic independent ingenious knowledgeable logical observant organised patient powerful reflective responsive self-assertive silly spontaneous sympathetic warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknowndignified introverted kind mature modest nervous proud quiet relaxed religious searching self-conscious sensible sentimental shy tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (24%) accepting (16%) adaptable (4%) bold (16%) brave (8%) calm (12%) caring (24%) cheerful (24%) clever (8%) complex (8%) confident (20%) dependable (4%) dignified (0%) energetic (40%) extroverted (20%) friendly (12%) giving (8%) happy (8%) helpful (16%) idealistic (8%) independent (20%) ingenious (4%) intelligent (24%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (36%) logical (12%) loving (20%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (4%) organised (36%) patient (4%) powerful (16%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (8%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (8%) searching (0%) self-assertive (40%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (4%) spontaneous (8%) sympathetic (4%) tense (0%) trustworthy (24%) warm (16%) wise (8%) witty (8%)
Callistra thinks: calm, brave, observant, ingenious, powerful, loving.
Amy thinks: clever, energetic, self-assertive, caring, accepting, trustworthy.
anonymous thinks: self-assertive, witty, able, extroverted, organised.
Wolflullaby thinks: caring, calm, wise, warm, self-assertive, patient.
Kirsten thinks: caring, spontaneous, extroverted, organised, knowledgeable, clever.
hele thinks: energetic, self-assertive, organised, intelligent, knowledgeable, trustworthy.
Lilysea thinks: witty, warm, knowledgeable, confident, trustworthy, wise.
Molly thinks: intelligent, organised, independent, complex, confident, powerful.
stephbg thinks: able, energetic, powerful, trustworthy, independent, bold.
Kate thinks: accepting, cheerful, helpful, logical, organised, knowledgeable.
Vera thinks: dependable, knowledgeable, organised, trustworthy, intelligent, happy.
maharetr thinks: extroverted, loving, independent, knowledgeable, energetic, bold.
Prk thinks: extroverted, cheerful, self-assertive, confident, caring.
Zooey thinks: loving, organised, energetic, accepting, responsive, cheerful.
anonymous thinks: independent, confident, energetic, spontaneous, bold, knowledgeable.
fred_mouse thinks: accepting, adaptable, self-assertive, reflective, cheerful.
ironed orchid thinks: able, friendly, logical, warm, knowledgeable, sympathetic.
Cathy thinks: loving, intelligent, able, energetic, helpful, reflective.
ascetic hedony thinks: able, brave, caring, confident, intelligent, trustworthy.
anonymous thinks: organised, helpful, responsive, self-assertive, able.
Cal thinks: organised, friendly, cheerful, warm, calm, knowledgeable.
anonycat thinks: energetic, self-assertive, independent, cheerful, silly, intelligent.
anonymous thinks: idealistic, complex, bold, energetic, self-assertive, giving.
maia s thinks: self-assertive, extroverted, energetic, logical, powerful, caring.
ikke thinks: friendly, giving, happy, helpful, idealistic, loving.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-