Akua'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 Akua's.

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Known to Others	Arena vulgar withdrawn needy impatient	Blind Spot timid aloof simple insecure selfish distant blasé chaotic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

Dominant Traits

66% of people think that Akua is simple
66% of people think that Akua is insecure
66% of people agree that Akua is needy

All Percentages

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(0%) aloof (33%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (66%) insecure (66%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (33%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (33%) hostile (0%) selfish (33%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (66%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%)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

Totally Not Ittam thinks: insecure, timid, blasé, needy, simple.
Jupiter thinks: chaotic, impatient, insecure, vulgar, needy.
anon thinks: withdrawn, aloof, simple, distant, selfish.

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> vulgar, withdrawn, needy, impatient</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> timid, aloof, simple, insecure, selfish, distant, blasé, chaotic</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> inflexible, unhappy</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, glum, stupid, irresponsible, lethargic, hostile, unhelpful, cynical, unimaginative, inane, brash, cruel, ignorant, irrational, childish, boastful, imperceptive, weak, embarrassed, loud, vacuous, panicky, unethical, insensitive, self-satisfied, passive, smug, rash, dispassionate, overdramatic, dull, predictable, callous, inattentive, unreliable, cold, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>66% of people think that Akua is simple 66% of people think that Akua is insecure 66% of people agree that Akua is needy <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (33%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (33%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (66%) insecure (66%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (33%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (33%) hostile (0%) selfish (33%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (66%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (33%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (33%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (33%) impatient (33%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) 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="http://kevan.org/nohari">Nohari Window</a> on 30.4.2025, using data from 3 respondents. You can <a href="http://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="http://kevan.org/nohari?view=Akua">view Akua'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.