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