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Known to Others	Arena childish inattentive	Blind Spot intolerant aloof glum simple insecure withdrawn unhappy irrational distant chaotic loud panicky insensitive passive smug rash overdramatic predictable humourless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

All Percentages

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(0%) aloof (20%) glum (40%) stupid (0%) simple (20%) insecure (20%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (20%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (20%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%)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

Description Breakdown (5 people)

mew thinks: inattentive, irrational, loud, chaotic, childish.
Trillby thinks: withdrawn, unhappy, rash, distant, glum.
John thinks: aloof, chaotic, panicky, overdramatic, simple.
Ashley thinks: predictable, childish, intolerant, passive, insecure.
Sarah thinks: glum, irrational, smug, overdramatic, humourless, insensitive.

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> childish, inattentive</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, aloof, glum, simple, insecure, withdrawn, unhappy, irrational, distant, chaotic, loud, panicky, insensitive, passive, smug, rash, overdramatic, predictable, 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> inane, ignorant, weak, 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> incompetent, inflexible, timid, cowardly, violent, stupid, irresponsible, vulgar, lethargic, hostile, selfish, unhelpful, cynical, needy, unimaginative, brash, cruel, boastful, blasé, imperceptive, impatient, embarrassed, vacuous, unethical, self-satisfied, dispassionate, dull, callous, cold, foolish</td></tr></table> <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (20%) inflexible (0%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (20%) glum (40%) stupid (0%) simple (20%) insecure (20%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (20%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (20%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (40%) distant (20%) childish (40%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (40%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (20%) vacuous (0%) panicky (20%) unethical (0%) insensitive (20%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (20%) smug (20%) rash (20%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (40%) dull (0%) predictable (20%) callous (0%) inattentive (20%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (0%) 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 20.1.2025, 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=Spaz">view Spaz'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.