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 sidewaysrain's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenadependableidealistic loving self-conscious silly | Blind Spotableaccepting bold brave caring clever complex friendly giving helpful independent intelligent kind knowledgeable modest observant quiet reflective religious searching sentimental spontaneous tense trustworthy warm witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façaderesponsive | Unknownadaptable calm cheerful confident dignified energetic extroverted happy ingenious introverted logical mature nervous organised patient powerful proud relaxed self-assertive sensible shy sympathetic wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (8%) accepting (16%) adaptable (0%) bold (8%) brave (16%) calm (0%) caring (16%) cheerful (0%) clever (16%) complex (8%) confident (0%) dependable (16%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (33%) giving (25%) happy (0%) helpful (16%) idealistic (16%) independent (8%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (33%) introverted (0%) kind (16%) knowledgeable (8%) logical (0%) loving (25%) mature (0%) modest (8%) nervous (0%) observant (33%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (8%) reflective (25%) relaxed (0%) religious (33%) responsive (0%) searching (25%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (16%) sensible (0%) sentimental (16%) shy (0%) silly (16%) spontaneous (8%) sympathetic (0%) tense (8%) trustworthy (33%) warm (41%) wise (0%) witty (25%)
Craige thinks: trustworthy, observant, giving, dependable, warm, friendly.
Catie thinks: friendly, intelligent, idealistic, religious, witty, clever.
kutter thinks: tense, silly, modest, witty, loving, self-conscious.
Krissa thinks: accepting, searching, warm, helpful, loving, trustworthy.
anonymous thinks: searching, self-conscious, religious, knowledgeable, warm, caring.
jennifer thinks: intelligent, friendly, kind, sentimental, caring, reflective.
Angela 1of2 thinks: brave, kind, searching, witty, trustworthy, giving.
Angela 2of2 thinks: bold, clever, helpful, intelligent, reflective, warm.
traci thinks: brave, independent, loving, religious, observant, intelligent.
Angela again thinks: silly, observant, complex, idealistic, religious.
anon thinks: accepting, dependable, giving, quiet, trustworthy, sentimental.
anonymous thinks: able, friendly, observant, reflective, spontaneous, warm.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-