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vulgar irrational foolish	Unknown incompetent intolerant timid cowardly aloof glum simple irresponsible lethargic withdrawn hostile selfish unhappy unhelpful needy unimaginative inane brash cruel childish boastful blasé imperceptive weak loud vacuous panicky unethical insensitive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

Dominant Traits

66% of people think that ErlaHlyns is inflexible
66% of people agree that ErlaHlyns is insecure
66% of people think that ErlaHlyns is distant

All Percentages

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(33%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (33%) simple (0%) insecure (66%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (33%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (33%)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

Description Breakdown (3 people)

Bjöggs thinks: inflexible, violent, insecure, distant, embarrassed.
Ems thinks: rash, cold, ignorant, distant, inflexible.
- - - thinks: cynical, insecure, chaotic, impatient, stupid.

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, 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, violent, stupid, ignorant, distant, chaotic, impatient, embarrassed, rash, 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> vulgar, irrational, foolish</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, timid, cowardly, aloof, glum, simple, irresponsible, lethargic, withdrawn, hostile, selfish, unhappy, unhelpful, needy, unimaginative, inane, brash, cruel, childish, boastful, blasé, imperceptive, weak, loud, vacuous, panicky, unethical, insensitive, self-satisfied, passive, smug, dispassionate, overdramatic, dull, predictable, callous, inattentive, unreliable, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>66% of people think that ErlaHlyns is inflexible 66% of people agree that ErlaHlyns is insecure 66% of people think that ErlaHlyns is distant <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (66%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (33%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (33%) simple (0%) insecure (66%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (33%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (33%) irrational (0%) distant (66%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (33%) impatient (33%) weak (0%) embarrassed (33%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) smug (0%) rash (33%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (33%) foolish (0%) humourless (0%) <div style="border:1px solid #000; padding:8px; text-align:center;background:#eee"> Created by the <a href="http://kevan.org/nohari">Nohari Window</a> on 18.7.2025, using data from 3 respondents. You can <a href="http://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="http://kevan.org/nohari?view=ErlaHlyns">view ErlaHlyns's full data</a>. </div>

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