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Known to Others	Arena insecure withdrawn chaotic unreliable	Blind Spot timid glum vulgar lethargic cynical passive callous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

Dominant Traits

66% of people think that Blueheaven is glum
66% of people think that Blueheaven is lethargic
66% of people agree that Blueheaven is withdrawn
100% of people think that Blueheaven is cynical

All Percentages

incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (33%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (66%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (33%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (33%) lethargic (66%) withdrawn (66%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (100%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (0%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (33%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (33%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (33%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (33%) cold (0%) foolish (0%) humourless (0%)

Description Breakdown (3 people)

littlepasht thinks: cynical, withdrawn, vulgar, timid, passive.
TumbleCoyote thinks: withdrawn, cynical, glum, chaotic, callous, lethargic.
Bubbles thinks: unreliable, lethargic, cynical, insecure, glum.

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, chaotic, unreliable</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, glum, vulgar, lethargic, cynical, passive, callous</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> irresponsible, unhappy</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, stupid, simple, hostile, selfish, unhelpful, needy, unimaginative, inane, brash, cruel, ignorant, irrational, distant, childish, boastful, blasé, imperceptive, impatient, weak, embarrassed, loud, vacuous, panicky, unethical, insensitive, self-satisfied, smug, rash, dispassionate, overdramatic, dull, predictable, inattentive, cold, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>66% of people think that Blueheaven is glum 66% of people think that Blueheaven is lethargic 66% of people agree that Blueheaven is withdrawn 100% of people think that Blueheaven is cynical <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (33%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (66%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (33%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (33%) lethargic (66%) withdrawn (66%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (100%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (0%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (33%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (33%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (33%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (33%) cold (0%) 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 9.6.2026, using data from 3 respondents. You can <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari?view=Blueheaven">view Blueheaven's full data</a>. </div>

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