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 Elegia's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaadaptableindependent introverted nervous proud | Blind Spotacceptingbold brave calm caring clever complex confident energetic friendly happy intelligent kind knowledgeable logical observant powerful quiet responsive searching self-assertive self-conscious sensible sentimental silly spontaneous sympathetic tense trustworthy warm wise |
| Not Known to Others | Façadereflective | Unknownable cheerful dependable dignified extroverted giving helpful idealistic ingenious loving mature modest organised patient relaxed religious shy witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (8%) adaptable (16%) bold (8%) brave (8%) calm (8%) caring (8%) cheerful (0%) clever (50%) complex (33%) confident (8%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (8%) extroverted (0%) friendly (8%) giving (0%) happy (8%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (25%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (25%) introverted (25%) kind (8%) knowledgeable (16%) logical (16%) loving (0%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (8%) observant (33%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (25%) proud (8%) quiet (8%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (8%) searching (16%) self-assertive (8%) self-conscious (16%) sensible (16%) sentimental (25%) shy (0%) silly (16%) spontaneous (16%) sympathetic (16%) tense (16%) trustworthy (8%) warm (16%) wise (8%) witty (0%)
Raksu thinks: confident, trustworthy, introverted, independent, silly, sentimental.
Brim thinks: complex, clever, observant, sensible, intelligent, tense.
Hansu thinks: knowledgeable, powerful, clever, friendly, tense.
Allyalias thinks: intelligent, silly, energetic, spontaneous, wise, sympathetic.
Muikku thinks: sentimental, nervous, quiet, self-conscious, clever.
SusuPetal thinks: observant, searching, intelligent, warm, powerful, caring.
anonymous thinks: clever, complex, independent, introverted, accepting, self-assertive.
annamaki thinks: adaptable, complex, knowledgeable, logical, proud.
Kutuharju thinks: brave, complex, observant, clever, powerful, sympathetic.
John Patton thinks: happy, logical, adaptable, spontaneous, calm.
Araneida thinks: searching, clever, warm, self-conscious, kind, independent.
Lepis thinks: bold, responsive, sentimental, observant, introverted, sensible.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-