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Known to Others	Arena timid irresponsible withdrawn	Blind Spot incompetent violent aloof vulgar cynical unimaginative brash ignorant distant imperceptive insensitive self-satisfied inattentive unreliable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

Dominant Traits

75% of people think that indieisms is distant

All Percentages

incompetent (25%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (50%) cowardly (0%) violent (25%) aloof (50%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (25%) vulgar (25%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (25%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (25%) needy (0%) unimaginative (25%) inane (0%) brash (25%) cruel (0%) ignorant (25%) irrational (0%) distant (75%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (25%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (25%) self-satisfied (25%) passive (0%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (25%) unreliable (25%) cold (0%) foolish (0%) humourless (0%)

Description Breakdown (4 people)

Deborah... Or Paige thinks: aloof, irresponsible, , timid, distant, self-satisfied.
anon thinks: incompetent, unreliable, insensitive, ignorant, unimaginative.
sherry thinks: imperceptive, violent, vulgar, distant, brash, cynical.
Shelbie thinks: aloof, timid, withdrawn, distant, inattentive.

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, irresponsible, withdrawn</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, violent, aloof, vulgar, cynical, unimaginative, brash, ignorant, distant, imperceptive, insensitive, self-satisfied, inattentive, 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> simple, insecure, selfish</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, glum, stupid, lethargic, hostile, unhappy, unhelpful, needy, inane, cruel, irrational, childish, boastful, blasé, chaotic, impatient, weak, embarrassed, loud, vacuous, panicky, unethical, passive, smug, rash, dispassionate, overdramatic, dull, predictable, callous, cold, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>75% of people think that indieisms is distant <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (25%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (50%) cowardly (0%) violent (25%) aloof (50%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (25%) vulgar (25%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (25%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (25%) needy (0%) unimaginative (25%) inane (0%) brash (25%) cruel (0%) ignorant (25%) irrational (0%) distant (75%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (25%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (25%) self-satisfied (25%) passive (0%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (25%) 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 9.6.2026, 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=indieisms">view indieisms'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.