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 cityeric's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaacceptinggiving independent loving trustworthy | Blind Spotableadaptable brave caring cheerful clever confident dependable extroverted friendly helpful idealistic ingenious intelligent kind knowledgeable logical mature observant organised reflective relaxed responsive searching silly warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadesensible | Unknownbold calm complex dignified energetic happy introverted modest nervous patient powerful proud quiet religious self-assertive self-conscious sentimental shy spontaneous sympathetic tense |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (23%) accepting (23%) adaptable (15%) bold (0%) brave (7%) calm (0%) caring (23%) cheerful (15%) clever (7%) complex (0%) confident (23%) dependable (23%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (15%) friendly (46%) giving (7%) happy (0%) helpful (23%) idealistic (7%) independent (23%) ingenious (15%) intelligent (38%) introverted (0%) kind (15%) knowledgeable (7%) logical (7%) loving (30%) mature (7%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (7%) organised (7%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (23%) relaxed (7%) religious (0%) responsive (15%) searching (15%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (15%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (30%) warm (23%) wise (15%) witty (7%)
siobhankha thinks: intelligent, friendly, extroverted, warm, clever.
cityjess thinks: ingenious, independent, searching, trustworthy, reflective, helpful.
Eliza thinks: accepting, cheerful, loving, warm, extroverted, friendly.
anonymous thinks: intelligent, loving, caring, wise, kind, able.
gretchen thinks: dependable, observant, loving, searching, wise, ingenious.
Mary thinks: caring, dependable, helpful, mature, reflective, kind.
fgdsgfetry thinks: independent, silly, brave, confident, adaptable.
GWB thinks: accepting, cheerful, friendly, intelligent, relaxed, trustworthy.
kwubbs thinks: logical, trustworthy, intelligent, confident, accepting, able.
Lisette thinks: friendly, giving, dependable, idealistic, warm, witty.
j thinks: friendly, adaptable, responsive, silly, helpful.
Lisa N thinks: trustworthy, organised, reflective, caring, intelligent, loving.
Rachey thinks: confident, able, friendly, independent, knowledgeable, responsive.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-