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 Tiffany Lynne's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaacceptingenergetic happy independent silly | Blind Spotablebold calm caring cheerful clever confident dependable friendly intelligent kind knowledgeable logical loving mature organised patient powerful quiet relaxed sensible shy spontaneous trustworthy warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadesentimental | Unknownadaptable brave complex dignified extroverted giving helpful idealistic ingenious introverted modest nervous observant proud reflective religious responsive searching self-assertive self-conscious sympathetic tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (7%) accepting (7%) adaptable (0%) bold (15%) brave (0%) calm (7%) caring (23%) cheerful (7%) clever (23%) complex (0%) confident (15%) dependable (7%) dignified (0%) energetic (38%) extroverted (0%) friendly (46%) giving (0%) happy (30%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (15%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (46%) introverted (0%) kind (15%) knowledgeable (23%) logical (15%) loving (7%) mature (7%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (7%) patient (7%) powerful (15%) proud (0%) quiet (23%) reflective (0%) relaxed (7%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (7%) sentimental (0%) shy (23%) silly (38%) spontaneous (7%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (15%) warm (7%) wise (0%) witty (30%)
Bryan thinks: friendly, silly, cheerful, happy, energetic.
Angela thinks: energetic, clever, silly, spontaneous, witty, intelligent.
Thayer thinks: bold, powerful, witty, logical, independent, caring.
richard thinks: mature, shy, knowledgeable, intelligent, energetic.
Kaitlin thinks: intelligent, silly, kind, happy, warm.
Cholewa thinks: quiet, kind, shy, friendly, energetic.
Kimberly Trawick thinks: confident, happy, caring, silly, trustworthy, intelligent.
Alex Macon thinks: independent, , loving, bold, powerful, caring.
crack-a-lack thinks: happy, friendly, silly, knowledgeable, energetic, trustworthy.
Catie thinks: knowledgeable, dependable, organised, clever, witty.
Kelli thinks: calm, friendly, quiet, intelligent, relaxed, patient.
hahaha thinks: witty, confident, intelligent, logical, friendly, clever.
Stephanie thinks: able, friendly, accepting, quiet, shy, sensible.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-