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 Taiba's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacleverfriendly intelligent logical sympathetic warm | Blind Spotadaptablebold brave confident dependable energetic extroverted helpful idealistic independent kind loving mature nervous organised proud searching self-assertive self-conscious sentimental silly spontaneous tense |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownable accepting calm caring cheerful complex dignified giving happy ingenious introverted knowledgeable modest observant patient powerful quiet reflective relaxed religious responsive sensible shy trustworthy wise witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (0%) adaptable (12%) bold (12%) brave (12%) calm (0%) caring (0%) cheerful (0%) clever (25%) complex (0%) confident (12%) dependable (12%) dignified (0%) energetic (12%) extroverted (12%) friendly (25%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (12%) idealistic (50%) independent (12%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (50%) introverted (0%) kind (12%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (12%) loving (12%) mature (12%) modest (0%) nervous (12%) observant (0%) organised (12%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (12%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (12%) self-assertive (37%) self-conscious (12%) sensible (0%) sentimental (12%) shy (0%) silly (12%) spontaneous (25%) sympathetic (12%) tense (50%) trustworthy (0%) warm (25%) wise (0%) witty (0%)
Phil thinks: idealistic, intelligent, self-conscious, spontaneous, sympathetic.
Luddite thinks: brave, idealistic, intelligent, tense, adaptable, searching.
SugarMcFly thinks: dependable, intelligent, helpful, mature, kind, clever.
Rougie '10 thinks: confident, proud, extroverted, intelligent, self-assertive.
Anon thinks: energetic, tense, nervous, idealistic, warm.
danielrh thinks: warm, spontaneous, bold, idealistic, self-assertive, tense.
ozwiccagal thinks: clever, independent, self-assertive, friendly, logical, organised.
Chris thinks: silly, loving, tense, sentimental, friendly.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-