Arcblade'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.

You can get your own Nohari Window, or contribute to Arcblade's.

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Known to Others	Arena insecure withdrawn cynical	Blind Spot inflexible timid selfish unhappy needy brash chaotic impatient embarrassed insensitive passive overdramatic humourless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

Dominant Traits

75% of people think that Arcblade is passive

All Percentages

incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (25%) timid (25%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (25%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (50%) hostile (0%) selfish (25%) unhappy (50%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (25%) needy (25%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (25%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (0%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (25%) impatient (50%) weak (0%) embarrassed (25%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (25%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (75%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (25%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (0%) humourless (25%)

Description Breakdown (4 people)

Kriss thinks: unhappy, embarrassed, timid, chaotic, passive.
Robbie thinks: impatient, passive, inflexible, brash, needy.
Zombie_Moogle thinks: humourless, overdramatic, withdrawn, passive, insensitive.
anonymous thinks: cynical, withdrawn, insecure, selfish, impatient, unhappy.

You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-

<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, withdrawn, cynical</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> inflexible, timid, selfish, unhappy, needy, brash, chaotic, impatient, embarrassed, insensitive, passive, overdramatic, humourless</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> intolerant, imperceptive</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, cowardly, violent, aloof, glum, stupid, simple, irresponsible, vulgar, lethargic, hostile, unhelpful, unimaginative, inane, cruel, ignorant, irrational, distant, childish, boastful, blasé, weak, loud, vacuous, panicky, unethical, self-satisfied, smug, rash, dispassionate, dull, predictable, callous, inattentive, unreliable, cold, foolish</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>75% of people think that Arcblade is passive <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (25%) timid (25%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (25%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (50%) hostile (0%) selfish (25%) unhappy (50%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (25%) needy (25%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (25%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (0%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (25%) impatient (50%) weak (0%) embarrassed (25%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (25%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (75%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (25%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (0%) humourless (25%) <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 9.6.2026, using data from 4 respondents. You can <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari?view=Arcblade">view Arcblade's full data</a>. </div>

The Nohari Window was tinted by Kevan on the 12th of February 2006.
Any questions? Check the FAQ.
For the original positive spin, look through the Johari Window.