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Others	Façade aloof	Unknown incompetent inflexible timid cowardly violent glum stupid simple insecure vulgar lethargic withdrawn hostile unhappy needy unimaginative brash cruel ignorant irrational distant childish boastful blasé imperceptive chaotic weak embarrassed loud vacuous panicky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

Dominant Traits

66% of people agree that R'van is insensitive
66% of people think that R'van is self-satisfied
66% of people agree that R'van is smug

All Percentages

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violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (33%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (33%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (33%) cynical (33%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (33%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%)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

Description Breakdown (3 people)

K'del thinks: insensitive, self-satisfied, smug, cynical, callous.
Edyis thinks: insensitive, smug, cold, inane, unhelpful, intolerant.
Irianke thinks: irresponsible, selfish, self-satisfied, impatient, rash.

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> selfish, cynical, impatient, insensitive, smug</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> intolerant, irresponsible, unhelpful, inane, self-satisfied, rash, callous, 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> aloof</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, inflexible, timid, cowardly, violent, glum, stupid, simple, insecure, vulgar, lethargic, withdrawn, hostile, unhappy, needy, unimaginative, brash, cruel, ignorant, irrational, distant, childish, boastful, blasé, imperceptive, chaotic, weak, embarrassed, loud, vacuous, panicky, unethical, passive, dispassionate, overdramatic, dull, predictable, inattentive, unreliable, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>66% of people agree that R'van is insensitive 66% of people think that R'van is self-satisfied 66% of people agree that R'van is smug <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (33%) inflexible (0%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (33%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (33%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (33%) cynical (33%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (33%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (0%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (33%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (66%) self-satisfied (66%) passive (0%) smug (66%) rash (33%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (33%) 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 10.6.2026, 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=R'van">view R'van'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.