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Known to Others	Arena insecure lethargic needy passive	Blind Spot incompetent timid simple irresponsible withdrawn cynical distant embarrassed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

Dominant Traits

66% of people think that ruyi is timid
66% of people agree that ruyi is insecure
66% of people agree that ruyi is passive

All Percentages

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(0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (33%) insecure (66%) irresponsible (33%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (33%) withdrawn (33%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (33%) needy (33%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%)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

Description Breakdown (3 people)

Lai thinks: passive, withdrawn, needy, insecure, distant.
Bowen thinks: timid, irresponsible, lethargic, cynical, simple.
noahlt2008 thinks: passive, insecure, embarrassed, incompetent, timid.

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> insecure, lethargic, needy, passive</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, timid, simple, irresponsible, withdrawn, cynical, distant, embarrassed</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, 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> intolerant, inflexible, cowardly, violent, glum, stupid, vulgar, hostile, selfish, unhappy, unhelpful, unimaginative, inane, brash, cruel, ignorant, irrational, childish, boastful, blasé, imperceptive, chaotic, impatient, weak, loud, vacuous, panicky, unethical, insensitive, self-satisfied, smug, rash, dispassionate, overdramatic, dull, predictable, callous, inattentive, cold, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>66% of people think that ruyi is timid 66% of people agree that ruyi is insecure 66% of people agree that ruyi is passive <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (33%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (66%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (33%) insecure (66%) irresponsible (33%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (33%) withdrawn (33%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (33%) needy (33%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (33%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (33%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (66%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) 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 3 respondents. You can <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari?view=ruyi">view ruyi'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.