Carlton'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 Carlton's.

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Known to Others	Arena timid blasé	Blind Spot glum insecure withdrawn unhappy needy distant passive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

Dominant Traits

75% of people think that Carlton is insecure
75% of people think that Carlton is withdrawn
75% of people think that Carlton is needy

All Percentages

incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (50%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (50%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (75%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (75%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (50%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (75%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (50%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (25%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (50%) 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 (4 people)

Eva thinks: insecure, withdrawn, distant, timid, needy.
Susannah thinks: withdrawn, unhappy, glum, needy, insecure.
Jeanne thinks: insecure, needy, unhappy, timid, passive.
J thinks: blasé, passive, distant, withdrawn, glum.

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> timid, blasé</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> glum, insecure, withdrawn, unhappy, needy, distant, passive</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, irresponsible, predictable, humourless</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, inflexible, violent, aloof, stupid, simple, vulgar, lethargic, hostile, selfish, unhelpful, cynical, unimaginative, inane, brash, cruel, ignorant, irrational, childish, boastful, imperceptive, chaotic, impatient, weak, embarrassed, loud, vacuous, panicky, unethical, insensitive, self-satisfied, smug, rash, dispassionate, overdramatic, dull, callous, inattentive, unreliable, cold, foolish</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>75% of people think that Carlton is insecure 75% of people think that Carlton is withdrawn 75% of people think that Carlton is needy <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (50%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (50%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (75%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (75%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (50%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (75%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (50%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (25%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (50%) 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 8.2.2025, using data from 4 respondents. You can <a href="http://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="http://kevan.org/nohari?view=Carlton">view Carlton'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.