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 Elf Da's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaadaptablecaring introverted knowledgeable | Blind Spotacceptingcheerful clever complex dignified energetic friendly happy helpful intelligent logical loving nervous observant proud quiet self-conscious shy silly spontaneous tense trustworthy warm wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeidealisticsearching | Unknownable bold brave calm confident dependable extroverted giving independent ingenious kind mature modest organised patient powerful reflective relaxed religious responsive self-assertive sensible sentimental sympathetic |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (0%) accepting (25%) adaptable (12%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (25%) cheerful (25%) clever (25%) complex (12%) confident (0%) dependable (0%) dignified (12%) energetic (12%) extroverted (0%) friendly (37%) giving (0%) happy (25%) helpful (12%) idealistic (0%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (25%) introverted (25%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (12%) logical (12%) loving (37%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (12%) observant (12%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (12%) quiet (25%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (25%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (12%) silly (12%) spontaneous (12%) sympathetic (0%) tense (12%) trustworthy (12%) warm (25%) wise (12%) witty (12%)
Anne thinks: clever, intelligent, wise, complex, logical.
IvyWolf thinks: introverted, nervous, quiet, self-conscious, shy, tense.
john thinks: self-conscious, quiet, proud, introverted, accepting.
Cheese~ thinks: caring, friendly, loving, warm, happy.
Essy thinks: dignified, intelligent, witty, friendly, helpful, clever.
A person who wears pants thinks: friendly, spontaneous, happy, energetic, accepting, silly.
LordCthulhu thinks: cheerful, caring, warm, trustworthy, loving.
Wonderwolf thinks: observant, loving, knowledgeable, , cheerful, adaptable.
You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-