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 Elvanna's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaidealisticloving searching sentimental spontaneous | Blind Spotableaccepting brave caring complex dignified friendly giving happy independent ingenious intelligent kind patient powerful proud religious self-conscious sympathetic trustworthy |
| Not Known to Others | Façadehelpful | Unknownadaptable bold calm cheerful clever confident dependable energetic extroverted introverted knowledgeable logical mature modest nervous observant organised quiet reflective relaxed responsive self-assertive sensible shy silly tense warm wise witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (20%) accepting (10%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (10%) calm (0%) caring (50%) cheerful (0%) clever (0%) complex (20%) confident (0%) dependable (0%) dignified (20%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (20%) giving (20%) happy (10%) helpful (0%) idealistic (40%) independent (30%) ingenious (10%) intelligent (30%) introverted (0%) kind (40%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (50%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (20%) powerful (50%) proud (10%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (10%) responsive (0%) searching (50%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (10%) sensible (0%) sentimental (20%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (10%) sympathetic (10%) tense (0%) trustworthy (10%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (0%)
helen99 thinks: intelligent, searching, complex, able, loving, sentimental.
Lara thinks: caring, giving, loving, patient, powerful, kind.
stillwolf thinks: able, intelligent, dignified, powerful, accepting, loving.
Aelindel thinks: caring, powerful, spontaneous, proud, independent.
Ryn thinks: friendly, happy, searching, complex, idealistic, self-conscious.
Raki thinks: ingenious, idealistic, searching, sentimental, sympathetic.
siabha_maellyn thinks: caring, dignified, intelligent, searching, idealistic, kind.
Ehlana thinks: independent, caring, friendly, kind, religious, powerful.
Lewi thinks: trustworthy, powerful, giving, kind, loving, patient.
helen99 thinks: searching, loving, brave, idealistic, caring, independent.
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