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 Wiem's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaacceptingcheerful confident giving religious trustworthy | Blind Spotableadaptable bold brave caring complex dependable extroverted friendly happy intelligent kind knowledgeable logical loving mature modest observant organised relaxed searching silly spontaneous sympathetic wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknowncalm clever dignified energetic helpful idealistic independent ingenious introverted nervous patient powerful proud quiet reflective responsive self-assertive self-conscious sensible sentimental shy tense warm |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (14%) accepting (28%) adaptable (14%) bold (7%) brave (14%) calm (0%) caring (21%) cheerful (21%) clever (0%) complex (7%) confident (28%) dependable (28%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (28%) friendly (35%) giving (14%) happy (14%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (21%) introverted (0%) kind (14%) knowledgeable (7%) logical (7%) loving (50%) mature (7%) modest (14%) nervous (0%) observant (7%) organised (7%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (7%) religious (28%) responsive (0%) searching (14%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (21%) spontaneous (7%) sympathetic (7%) tense (0%) trustworthy (28%) warm (0%) wise (42%) witty (7%)
melissa jo thinks: caring, dependable, loving, trustworthy, modest, religious.
Kendra thinks: religious, dependable, wise, loving, friendly.
ash thinks: accepting, bold, happy, loving, silly, confident.
Prock thinks: accepting, witty, wise, trustworthy, brave.
Anna thinks: intelligent, loving, accepting, extroverted, sympathetic, able.
guess thinks: trustworthy, friendly, adaptable, cheerful, searching, complex.
Laura thinks: adaptable, observant, giving, intelligent, mature, wise.
monty thinks: accepting, loving, silly, friendly, caring, trustworthy.
Steph thinks: intelligent, friendly, dependable, extroverted, able, loving.
your mom thinks: confident, giving, cheerful, silly, wise, caring.
will thinks: searching, religious, modest, friendly, extroverted.
Kristen thinks: happy, organised, spontaneous, extroverted, logical, confident.
Diana thinks: wise, loving, religious, brave, kind, dependable.
Ernie thinks: cheerful, knowledgeable, kind, confident, wise, relaxed.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-