Ace (a short name)'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 Ace (a short name)'s.

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irrational impatient rash	Unknown incompetent violent glum stupid simple insecure irresponsible vulgar lethargic withdrawn unhappy unhelpful needy unimaginative inane cruel ignorant blasé imperceptive chaotic weak embarrassed loud vacuous panicky unethical passive dispassionate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

Dominant Traits

60% of people think that Ace (a short name) is self-satisfied

All Percentages

incompetent (0%) intolerant (40%) inflexible (20%) timid (20%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (20%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (20%) selfish (40%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (40%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (40%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (20%) childish (40%) boastful (20%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (20%) self-satisfied (60%) passive (0%) smug (20%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (20%) dull (20%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (40%) foolish (0%) humourless (20%)

Description Breakdown (5 people)

Leere thinks: timid, selfish, inflexible, cynical, smug, self-satisfied.
TheTaZe thinks: insensitive, intolerant, brash, humourless, cynical.
Floofy thinks: intolerant, overdramatic, self-satisfied, boastful, childish.
WB thinks: hostile, selfish, cold, dull, distant.
D Jé thinks: aloof, cold, self-satisfied, childish, brash.

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> selfish</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, aloof, hostile, cynical, brash, distant, childish, boastful, insensitive, self-satisfied, smug, overdramatic, dull, cold, 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> cowardly, irrational, impatient, rash</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, violent, glum, stupid, simple, insecure, irresponsible, vulgar, lethargic, withdrawn, unhappy, unhelpful, needy, unimaginative, inane, cruel, ignorant, blasé, imperceptive, chaotic, weak, embarrassed, loud, vacuous, panicky, unethical, passive, dispassionate, predictable, callous, inattentive, unreliable, foolish</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>60% of people think that Ace (a short name) is self-satisfied <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (40%) inflexible (20%) timid (20%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (20%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (20%) selfish (40%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (40%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (40%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (20%) childish (40%) boastful (20%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (20%) self-satisfied (60%) passive (0%) smug (20%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (20%) dull (20%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (40%) foolish (0%) humourless (20%) <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 5 respondents. You can <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari?view=Ace (a short name)">view Ace (a short name)'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.