Lap'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 Lap's.

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Known to Others	Arena insensitive self-satisfied passive	Blind Spot incompetent timid violent aloof glum stupid simple withdrawn needy cruel ignorant irrational distant childish blasé weak embarrassed loud rash overdramatic dull predictable foolish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

All Percentages

incompetent (14%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (42%) cowardly (0%) violent (14%) aloof (14%) glum (14%) stupid (14%) simple (42%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (14%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (28%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (28%) ignorant (28%) irrational (14%) distant (14%) childish (28%) boastful (0%) blasé (14%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (14%) embarrassed (28%) loud (28%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (14%) self-satisfied (14%) passive (14%) smug (0%) rash (14%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (14%) dull (14%) predictable (14%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (14%) humourless (0%)

Description Breakdown (7 people)

minnie* thinks: timid, glum, withdrawn, simple, rash.
abc thinks: incompetent, childish, irrational, ignorant, weak, embarrassed.
minnie thinks: simple, foolish, dull, passive, childish.
520 thinks: stupid, ignorant, embarrassed, insensitive, loud.
Joyce thinks: simple, self-satisfied, needy, violent, predictable.
12345 thinks: blasé, needy, aloof, timid, cruel.
12345 thinks: timid, cruel, distant, loud, overdramatic.

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> insensitive, self-satisfied, passive</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> incompetent, timid, violent, aloof, glum, stupid, simple, withdrawn, needy, cruel, ignorant, irrational, distant, childish, blasé, weak, embarrassed, loud, rash, overdramatic, dull, predictable, foolish</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> selfish, unreliable</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> intolerant, inflexible, cowardly, insecure, irresponsible, vulgar, lethargic, hostile, unhappy, unhelpful, cynical, unimaginative, inane, brash, boastful, imperceptive, chaotic, impatient, vacuous, panicky, unethical, smug, dispassionate, callous, inattentive, cold, humourless</td></tr></table> <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (14%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (42%) cowardly (0%) violent (14%) aloof (14%) glum (14%) stupid (14%) simple (42%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (14%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (28%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (28%) ignorant (28%) irrational (14%) distant (14%) childish (28%) boastful (0%) blasé (14%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (14%) embarrassed (28%) loud (28%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (14%) self-satisfied (14%) passive (14%) smug (0%) rash (14%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (14%) dull (14%) predictable (14%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (14%) 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 7 respondents. You can <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari?view=Lap">view Lap'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.