Allie Pence'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 Allie Pence's.

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Known to Others	Arena withdrawn impatient	Blind Spot inflexible aloof irresponsible lethargic selfish cynical brash distant childish imperceptive chaotic passive smug rash inattentive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

All Percentages

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(0%) aloof (25%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (25%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (25%) withdrawn (25%) hostile (0%) selfish (50%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (25%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (25%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%)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

Description Breakdown (4 people)

Bid Daddy thinks: brash, cynical, chaotic, withdrawn, rash.
Teh Bobbeh thinks: aloof, imperceptive, inattentive, lethargic, passive.
anonymous thinks: irresponsible, selfish, foolish, childish, smug.
... thinks: impatient, unreliable, selfish, distant, inflexible.

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> withdrawn, 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> inflexible, aloof, irresponsible, lethargic, selfish, cynical, brash, distant, childish, imperceptive, chaotic, passive, smug, rash, inattentive, unreliable, foolish</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> incompetent, timid, unhelpful, ignorant</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, cowardly, violent, glum, stupid, simple, insecure, vulgar, hostile, unhappy, needy, unimaginative, inane, cruel, irrational, boastful, blasé, weak, embarrassed, loud, vacuous, panicky, unethical, insensitive, self-satisfied, dispassionate, overdramatic, dull, predictable, callous, cold, humourless</td></tr></table> <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (25%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (25%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (25%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (25%) withdrawn (25%) hostile (0%) selfish (50%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (25%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (25%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (25%) childish (25%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (25%) chaotic (25%) impatient (25%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (25%) smug (25%) rash (25%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (25%) unreliable (25%) cold (0%) foolish (25%) 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 10.6.2026, using data from 4 respondents. You can <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari?view=Allie Pence">view Allie Pence'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.