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 christinecous's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaadaptableidealistic intelligent observant silly | Blind Spotcaringcheerful clever complex confident energetic friendly giving happy independent kind knowledgeable loving reflective relaxed self-assertive self-conscious sentimental spontaneous trustworthy warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownable accepting bold brave calm dependable dignified extroverted helpful ingenious introverted logical mature modest nervous organised patient powerful proud quiet religious responsive searching sensible shy sympathetic tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (0%) adaptable (16%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (8%) cheerful (50%) clever (25%) complex (33%) confident (16%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (41%) extroverted (0%) friendly (41%) giving (8%) happy (8%) helpful (0%) idealistic (16%) independent (8%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (50%) introverted (0%) kind (16%) knowledgeable (25%) logical (0%) loving (8%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (8%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (8%) relaxed (16%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (16%) self-conscious (8%) sensible (0%) sentimental (8%) shy (0%) silly (33%) spontaneous (25%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (8%) warm (33%) wise (8%) witty (16%)
Caitlin thinks: knowledgeable, clever, sentimental, warm, confident, adaptable.
dan c thinks: warm, relaxed, idealistic, intelligent, trustworthy, cheerful.
a friend thinks: friendly, giving, happy, silly, spontaneous, idealistic.
:) thinks: warm, friendly, silly, clever, kind.
susan thinks: spontaneous, kind, intelligent, complex, observant.
soom thinks: caring, cheerful, energetic, complex, self-assertive, intelligent.
Trevor thinks: clever, energetic, witty, cheerful, wise, friendly.
karen thinks: warm, reflective, knowledgeable, friendly, adaptable, intelligent.
Julianna Danger thinks: knowledgeable, confident, self-conscious, complex, cheerful.
Caitlin thinks: intelligent, loving, relaxed, spontaneous, friendly, energetic.
lize thinks: cheerful, complex, energetic, intelligent, silly, witty.
scrivie thinks: cheerful, energetic, independent, self-assertive, silly.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-