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 woodka's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacalmcomplex independent intelligent introverted | Blind Spotacceptingadaptable bold brave caring cheerful clever confident dependable extroverted friendly giving helpful idealistic knowledgeable mature observant organised patient relaxed searching self-assertive self-conscious sensible shy silly spontaneous sympathetic tense wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeloving | Unknownable dignified energetic happy ingenious kind logical modest nervous powerful proud quiet reflective religious responsive sentimental trustworthy warm |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (9%) adaptable (18%) bold (9%) brave (9%) calm (9%) caring (27%) cheerful (9%) clever (9%) complex (27%) confident (18%) dependable (9%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (9%) friendly (18%) giving (9%) happy (0%) helpful (9%) idealistic (9%) independent (36%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (45%) introverted (9%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (36%) logical (0%) loving (0%) mature (9%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (18%) organised (18%) patient (9%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (9%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (18%) self-assertive (27%) self-conscious (18%) sensible (9%) sentimental (0%) shy (9%) silly (9%) spontaneous (18%) sympathetic (9%) tense (9%) trustworthy (0%) warm (0%) wise (27%) witty (9%)
anon thinks: complex, intelligent, introverted, searching, tense.
Railharry thinks: caring, complex, self-assertive, intelligent, independent, confident.
Shaula thinks: brave, cheerful, giving, intelligent, helpful, friendly.
Jamie thinks: self-assertive, patient, knowledgeable, caring, clever, witty.
paw thinks: observant, intelligent, complex, independent, adaptable, self-conscious.
Sunit thinks: accepting, bold, confident, friendly, knowledgeable, self-assertive.
George thinks: sympathetic, caring, idealistic, wise, mature.
Mary Glass thinks: adaptable, dependable, organised, searching, independent.
Daniel thinks: spontaneous, wise, knowledgeable, observant, extroverted.
gj thinks: wise, spontaneous, self-conscious, relaxed, shy, silly.
Gisela thinks: calm, knowledgeable, organised, intelligent, independent, sensible.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-