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 nberg's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaintelligentloving self-conscious shy | Blind Spotableadaptable brave caring clever confident energetic friendly giving helpful idealistic ingenious kind knowledgeable nervous organised reflective religious searching self-assertive sensible sentimental silly tense trustworthy warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeobservantpatient | Unknownaccepting bold calm cheerful complex dependable dignified extroverted happy independent introverted logical mature modest powerful proud quiet relaxed responsive spontaneous sympathetic wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (22%) accepting (0%) adaptable (11%) bold (0%) brave (11%) calm (0%) caring (44%) cheerful (0%) clever (11%) complex (0%) confident (11%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (22%) extroverted (0%) friendly (22%) giving (11%) happy (0%) helpful (22%) idealistic (22%) independent (0%) ingenious (11%) intelligent (44%) introverted (0%) kind (33%) knowledgeable (33%) logical (0%) loving (22%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (11%) observant (0%) organised (22%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (33%) relaxed (0%) religious (11%) responsive (0%) searching (11%) self-assertive (22%) self-conscious (11%) sensible (11%) sentimental (11%) shy (11%) silly (11%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (11%) trustworthy (11%) warm (22%) wise (0%) witty (11%)
mason thinks: self-assertive, tense, caring, friendly, nervous, energetic.
anon thinks: idealistic, organised, searching, able, energetic.
michelle crayton thinks: intelligent, kind, giving, caring, reflective, sensible.
Julie W thinks: organised, warm, reflective, religious, brave, intelligent.
DENNIS III thinks: loving, clever, ingenious, idealistic, friendly, knowledgeable.
Mark Bergenske thinks: caring, intelligent, self-conscious, shy, sentimental, able.
michelle crayton thinks: confident, trustworthy, intelligent, kind, self-assertive, helpful.
Cindy thinks: reflective, witty, caring, knowledgeable, loving, silly.
Diane thinks: helpful, adaptable, knowledgeable, warm, kind.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-