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