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 Elanya's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaindependentsilly | Blind Spotableaccepting brave caring cheerful clever dependable energetic giving helpful ingenious intelligent introverted kind knowledgeable logical organised patient searching self-assertive spontaneous tense trustworthy warm wise |
| Not Known to Others | Façadecalmcomplex idealistic reflective | Unknownadaptable bold confident dignified extroverted friendly happy loving mature modest nervous observant powerful proud quiet relaxed religious responsive self-conscious sensible sentimental shy sympathetic witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (12%) accepting (25%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (25%) calm (0%) caring (37%) cheerful (25%) clever (12%) complex (0%) confident (0%) dependable (50%) dignified (0%) energetic (12%) extroverted (0%) friendly (0%) giving (12%) happy (0%) helpful (25%) idealistic (0%) independent (37%) ingenious (12%) intelligent (37%) introverted (12%) kind (12%) knowledgeable (12%) logical (37%) loving (0%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (12%) patient (25%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (12%) self-assertive (12%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (37%) spontaneous (12%) sympathetic (0%) tense (12%) trustworthy (37%) warm (12%) wise (12%) witty (0%)
Curtana thinks: independent, patient, trustworthy, dependable, caring, brave.
aghrivaine thinks: clever, energetic, introverted, knowledgeable, organised, searching.
Forthright thinks: cheerful, silly, accepting, independent, intelligent, dependable.
Fritzleonhardt thinks: dependable, helpful, independent, kind, caring, silly.
Xypharan thinks: accepting, dependable, giving, logical, trustworthy, able.
longpig thinks: brave, logical, wise, trustworthy, caring, patient.
Princess Tubby thinks: tense, logical, intelligent, self-assertive, helpful.
Amy thinks: silly, warm, spontaneous, intelligent, cheerful, ingenious.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-