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selfish brash predictable	Unknown incompetent intolerant timid cowardly violent aloof stupid simple vulgar lethargic withdrawn unhappy needy unimaginative inane cruel ignorant irrational childish boastful blasé imperceptive chaotic impatient weak embarrassed loud vacuous panicky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

Dominant Traits

66% of people think that Alcinoe is inflexible
66% of people agree that Alcinoe is hostile
66% of people agree that Alcinoe is cynical
100% of people think that Alcinoe is distant

All Percentages

incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (66%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (33%) irresponsible (33%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (66%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (33%) cynical (66%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (100%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (33%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (33%) overdramatic (33%) dull (33%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (0%) humourless (0%)

Description Breakdown (3 people)

os thinks: insecure, cynical, overdramatic, inflexible, distant, hostile.
Annikki thinks: cynical, distant, dispassionate, inflexible, hostile.
pede thinks: irresponsible, unhelpful, distant, passive, dull.

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> hostile, 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> inflexible, insecure, irresponsible, unhelpful, distant, passive, dispassionate, overdramatic, dull</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> glum, selfish, brash, predictable</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, timid, cowardly, violent, aloof, stupid, simple, vulgar, lethargic, withdrawn, unhappy, needy, unimaginative, inane, cruel, ignorant, irrational, childish, boastful, blasé, imperceptive, chaotic, impatient, weak, embarrassed, loud, vacuous, panicky, unethical, insensitive, self-satisfied, smug, rash, callous, inattentive, unreliable, cold, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>66% of people think that Alcinoe is inflexible 66% of people agree that Alcinoe is hostile 66% of people agree that Alcinoe is cynical 100% of people think that Alcinoe is distant <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (66%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (33%) irresponsible (33%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (66%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (33%) cynical (66%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (100%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (33%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (33%) overdramatic (33%) dull (33%) 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=Alcinoe">view Alcinoe'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.