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Known to Others	Arena timid predictable	Blind Spot incompetent irresponsible lethargic withdrawn selfish unhappy unimaginative irrational distant impatient weak dull cold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

Dominant Traits

66% of people think that Pauan is lethargic

All Percentages

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violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (33%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (66%) withdrawn (33%) hostile (0%) selfish (33%) unhappy (33%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (33%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%)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

Description Breakdown (3 people)

Sammeh @3@ thinks: lethargic, withdrawn, cold, timid, distant, dull.
Ari thinks: predictable, unhappy, impatient, lethargic, selfish.
somebody thinks: weak, irresponsible, unimaginative, incompetent, irrational.

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> timid, predictable</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, irresponsible, lethargic, withdrawn, selfish, unhappy, unimaginative, irrational, distant, impatient, weak, dull, 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> insecure, childish, passive, 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, violent, aloof, glum, stupid, simple, vulgar, hostile, unhelpful, cynical, needy, inane, brash, cruel, ignorant, boastful, blasé, imperceptive, chaotic, embarrassed, loud, vacuous, panicky, unethical, insensitive, self-satisfied, smug, rash, dispassionate, overdramatic, callous, inattentive, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>66% of people think that Pauan is lethargic <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (33%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (33%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (33%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (66%) withdrawn (33%) hostile (0%) selfish (33%) unhappy (33%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (33%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (33%) distant (33%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (33%) weak (33%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (33%) predictable (33%) 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="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=Pauan">view Pauan'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.