Loongboy'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 Loongboy's.

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Not Known to Others	Façade withdrawn passive	Unknown incompetent intolerant inflexible violent aloof glum stupid irresponsible vulgar lethargic hostile cynical needy inane brash cruel ignorant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

Dominant Traits

60% of people think that Loongboy is timid
60% of people think that Loongboy is unhappy

All Percentages

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violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (20%) insecure (20%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (20%) unhappy (60%) unhelpful (20%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (40%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%)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

Description Breakdown (5 people)

yee wei thinks: childish, unhappy, timid, self-satisfied, dispassionate, impatient.
SCC thinks: dull, humourless, dispassionate, childish, embarrassed.
chingz thinks: unimaginative, self-satisfied, simple, predictable, unhappy.
saerk thinks: timid, selfish, dull, unhelpful, foolish, blasé.
carfer thinks: weak, unimaginative, insecure, timid, cowardly, 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> simple, childish, embarrassed</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, cowardly, insecure, selfish, unhappy, unhelpful, unimaginative, blasé, impatient, weak, self-satisfied, dispassionate, dull, predictable, foolish, 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> withdrawn, passive</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, violent, aloof, glum, stupid, irresponsible, vulgar, lethargic, hostile, cynical, needy, inane, brash, cruel, ignorant, irrational, distant, boastful, imperceptive, chaotic, loud, vacuous, panicky, unethical, insensitive, smug, rash, overdramatic, callous, inattentive, unreliable, cold</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>60% of people think that Loongboy is timid 60% of people think that Loongboy is unhappy <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (60%) cowardly (20%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (20%) insecure (20%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (20%) unhappy (60%) unhelpful (20%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (40%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (0%) childish (40%) boastful (0%) blasé (20%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (20%) weak (20%) embarrassed (20%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (40%) passive (0%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (40%) overdramatic (0%) dull (40%) predictable (20%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (20%) humourless (20%) <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 1.7.2025, using data from 5 respondents. You can <a href="http://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="http://kevan.org/nohari?view=Loongboy">view Loongboy'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.