CPV-S'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 CPV-S's.

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Known to Others	Arena insecure withdrawn cynical smug	Blind Spot intolerant timid aloof glum hostile impatient embarrassed self-satisfied overdramatic cold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

Dominant Traits

66% of people think that CPV-S is glum
66% of people agree that CPV-S is withdrawn
66% of people agree that CPV-S is cynical

All Percentages

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(0%) aloof (33%) glum (66%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (33%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (66%) hostile (33%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (66%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%)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

Description Breakdown (3 people)

The Wino thinks: hostile, cynical, cold, smug, aloof, self-satisfied.
Swait Boy thinks: timid, glum, insecure, withdrawn, impatient, embarrassed.
Brant thinks: glum, cynical, overdramatic, withdrawn, intolerant.

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, withdrawn, cynical, smug</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, timid, aloof, glum, hostile, impatient, embarrassed, self-satisfied, overdramatic, cold</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> lethargic, childish</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, inflexible, cowardly, violent, stupid, simple, irresponsible, vulgar, selfish, unhappy, unhelpful, needy, unimaginative, inane, brash, cruel, ignorant, irrational, distant, boastful, blasé, imperceptive, chaotic, weak, loud, vacuous, panicky, unethical, insensitive, passive, rash, dispassionate, dull, predictable, callous, inattentive, unreliable, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>66% of people think that CPV-S is glum 66% of people agree that CPV-S is withdrawn 66% of people agree that CPV-S is cynical <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (33%) inflexible (0%) timid (33%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (33%) glum (66%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (33%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (66%) hostile (33%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (66%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (0%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (33%) weak (0%) embarrassed (33%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (33%) passive (0%) smug (33%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (33%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (33%) 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 11.3.2025, 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=CPV-S">view CPV-S'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.