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Not Known to Others	Façade brash callous	Unknown incompetent cowardly glum stupid simple irresponsible lethargic withdrawn selfish unhelpful needy unimaginative inane cruel ignorant irrational childish boastful blasé imperceptive impatient weak embarrassed loud vacuous panicky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

Dominant Traits

100% of people think that penbrydd is hostile
75% of people think that penbrydd is smug

All Percentages

incompetent (0%) intolerant (25%) inflexible (25%) timid (25%) cowardly (0%) violent (50%) aloof (50%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (25%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (25%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (100%) selfish (0%) unhappy (50%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (25%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (25%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (25%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (25%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) smug (75%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (50%) foolish (0%) humourless (0%)

Description Breakdown (4 people)

ekaterin thinks: unhappy, smug, hostile, cold, violent, chaotic.
ekaterin thinks: cynical, aloof, violent, hostile, cold, smug.
boredofitall thinks: insecure, distant, unhappy, aloof, hostile, intolerant.
Twig thinks: vulgar, timid, hostile, smug, inflexible, 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> violent, aloof, vulgar, cynical</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, inflexible, timid, insecure, hostile, unhappy, distant, chaotic, insensitive, smug, 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> brash, callous</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, cowardly, glum, stupid, simple, irresponsible, lethargic, withdrawn, selfish, unhelpful, needy, unimaginative, inane, cruel, ignorant, irrational, childish, boastful, blasé, imperceptive, impatient, weak, embarrassed, loud, vacuous, panicky, unethical, self-satisfied, passive, rash, dispassionate, overdramatic, dull, predictable, inattentive, unreliable, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>100% of people think that penbrydd is hostile 75% of people think that penbrydd is smug <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (25%) inflexible (25%) timid (25%) cowardly (0%) violent (50%) aloof (50%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (25%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (25%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (100%) selfish (0%) unhappy (50%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (25%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (25%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (25%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (25%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) smug (75%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (50%) foolish (0%) humourless (0%) <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 27.1.2025, using data from 4 respondents. You can <a href="http://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="http://kevan.org/nohari?view=penbrydd">view penbrydd'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.