cheekbones3'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 cheekbones3's.

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Known to Others	Arena unimaginative childish smug	Blind Spot inflexible timid glum insecure irresponsible withdrawn inane brash imperceptive insensitive passive dull predictable unreliable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

All Percentages

incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (25%) timid (50%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (25%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (50%) irresponsible (50%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (25%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (25%) inane (25%) brash (25%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (0%) childish (25%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (50%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (25%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (25%) smug (25%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (25%) predictable (50%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (25%) cold (0%) foolish (0%) humourless (0%)

Description Breakdown (4 people)

Cr4k thinks: inane, childish, dull, glum, inflexible, predictable.
Neferet thinks: timid, insecure, passive, imperceptive, withdrawn.
MissFliss thinks: unreliable, irresponsible, timid, unimaginative, predictable, insecure.
Ophelia_complex thinks: irresponsible, insensitive, brash, imperceptive, smug.

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> unimaginative, childish, 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> inflexible, timid, glum, insecure, irresponsible, withdrawn, inane, brash, imperceptive, insensitive, passive, dull, predictable, unreliable</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> unhelpful, loud, cold</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, cowardly, violent, aloof, stupid, simple, vulgar, lethargic, hostile, selfish, unhappy, cynical, needy, cruel, ignorant, irrational, distant, boastful, blasé, chaotic, impatient, weak, embarrassed, vacuous, panicky, unethical, self-satisfied, rash, dispassionate, overdramatic, callous, inattentive, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (25%) timid (50%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (25%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (50%) irresponsible (50%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (25%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (25%) inane (25%) brash (25%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (0%) childish (25%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (50%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (25%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (25%) smug (25%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (25%) predictable (50%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (25%) cold (0%) 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 21.4.2026, using data from 4 respondents. You can <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari?view=cheekbones3">view cheekbones3's full data</a>. </div>

The Nohari Window was tinted by Kevan on the 12th of February 2006.
Any questions? Check the FAQ.
For the original positive spin, look through the Johari Window.