AnScientist's Nohari Window

The Nohari Window is a challenging inversion of the Johari Window, using antonyms of the original words. By describing your failings from a fixed list of adjectives, then asking your friends and colleagues to describe you from the same list, a grid of perceived and unrecognised weaknesses can be explored.

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	Known to Self	Not Known to Self
Known to Others	Arena insecure hostile childish	Blind Spot timid needy brash cruel distant blasé embarrassed loud insensitive self-satisfied overdramatic predictable cold
Not Known to Others	Façade stupid vulgar withdrawn	Unknown incompetent intolerant inflexible cowardly violent aloof glum simple irresponsible lethargic selfish unhappy unhelpful cynical unimaginative inane ignorant irrational boastful imperceptive chaotic impatient weak vacuous panicky unethical passive smug rash dispassionate dull callous inattentive unreliable foolish humourless
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.)

Dominant Traits

60% of people agree that AnScientist is childish
60% of people think that AnScientist is embarrassed

All Percentages

incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (20%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (40%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (40%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (20%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (20%) cruel (20%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (20%) childish (60%) boastful (0%) blasé (20%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (60%) loud (20%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (20%) self-satisfied (40%) passive (0%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (40%) dull (0%) predictable (40%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (20%) foolish (0%) humourless (0%)

Description Breakdown (5 people)

Makotot thinks: childish, predictable, overdramatic, embarrassed, blasé.
enigmaopoeia thinks: brash, childish, self-satisfied, overdramatic, embarrassed.
KazeTaco (I 3 you!) thinks: timid, insecure, childish, self-satisfied, predictable.
TheNoun thinks: loud, hostile, insecure, embarrassed, needy.
Han Hyuga thinks: cruel, hostile, distant, cold, insensitive.

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<table style="text-align:center;border-spacing:0px; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tr><td style="border:1px solid #000;padding:4px;width:50%;vertical-align:top;background:#ccf"> <h2 style="margin:0px">Arena</h2> <div style="font-size:0.7em">(known to self and others)</div> insecure, hostile, childish</td><td style="border:1px solid #000;padding:4px;width:50%;vertical-align:top;background:#fcc"> <h2 style="margin:0px">Blind Spot</h2> <div style="font-size:0.7em">(known only to others)</div> timid, needy, brash, cruel, distant, blasé, embarrassed, loud, insensitive, self-satisfied, overdramatic, predictable, cold</td></tr><tr><td style="border:1px solid #000;padding:4px;width:50%;vertical-align:top;background:#cfc"> <h2 style="margin:0px">Façade</h2> <div style="font-size:0.7em">(known only to self)</div> stupid, vulgar, withdrawn</td><td style="border:1px solid #000;padding:4px;width:50%;background:#ccc"> <h2 style="margin:0px">Unknown</h2> <div style="font-size:0.7em">(known to nobody)</div> incompetent, intolerant, inflexible, cowardly, violent, aloof, glum, simple, irresponsible, lethargic, selfish, unhappy, unhelpful, cynical, unimaginative, inane, ignorant, irrational, boastful, imperceptive, chaotic, impatient, weak, vacuous, panicky, unethical, passive, smug, rash, dispassionate, dull, callous, inattentive, unreliable, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>60% of people agree that AnScientist is childish 60% of people think that AnScientist is embarrassed <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (20%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (40%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (40%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (20%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (20%) cruel (20%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (20%) childish (60%) boastful (0%) blasé (20%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (60%) loud (20%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (20%) self-satisfied (40%) passive (0%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (40%) dull (0%) predictable (40%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (20%) foolish (0%) humourless (0%) <div style="border:1px solid #000; padding:8px; text-align:center;background:#eee"> Created by the <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari">Nohari Window</a> on 10.6.2026, using data from 5 respondents. You can <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari?view=AnScientist">view AnScientist's full data</a>. </div>

The Nohari Window was tinted by Kevan on the 12th of February 2006.
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