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 elfflame's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacheerfulknowledgeable self-conscious sentimental shy | Blind Spotacceptingbold caring clever friendly giving idealistic independent intelligent introverted kind logical loving nervous observant quiet reflective responsive self-assertive silly sympathetic trustworthy wise |
| Not Known to Others | Façadecomplex | Unknownable adaptable brave calm confident dependable dignified energetic extroverted happy helpful ingenious mature modest organised patient powerful proud relaxed religious searching sensible spontaneous tense warm witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (20%) adaptable (0%) bold (10%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (50%) cheerful (10%) clever (30%) complex (0%) confident (0%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (40%) giving (30%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (10%) independent (10%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (40%) introverted (10%) kind (30%) knowledgeable (10%) logical (10%) loving (20%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (10%) observant (30%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (10%) reflective (10%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (10%) searching (0%) self-assertive (10%) self-conscious (30%) sensible (0%) sentimental (10%) shy (30%) silly (20%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (20%) tense (0%) trustworthy (20%) warm (0%) wise (10%) witty (0%)
Inell thinks: observant, wise, caring, friendly, kind, clever.
Sarah thinks: caring, cheerful, silly, trustworthy, loving, intelligent.
fiona_fawkes thinks: independent, responsive, logical, self-assertive, intelligent.
firesika thinks: shy, self-conscious, kind, observant, quiet.
so_severus thinks: clever, accepting, friendly, bold, giving.
Foodie thinks: caring, idealistic, knowledgeable, intelligent, observant, sympathetic.
eyemage thinks: silly, shy, self-conscious, caring, nervous.
lysa1 thinks: intelligent, accepting, giving, trustworthy, loving, reflective.
ariadneelda thinks: friendly, clever, caring, giving, kind.
maydela thinks: friendly, sentimental, shy, introverted, sympathetic, self-conscious.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-