Carnelian'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 insecure selfish cynical impatient loud overdramatic	Blind Spot incompetent irresponsible hostile unhappy ignorant irrational childish chaotic self-satisfied
Not Known to Others	Façade	Unknown intolerant inflexible timid cowardly violent aloof glum stupid simple vulgar lethargic withdrawn unhelpful needy unimaginative inane brash cruel distant boastful blasé imperceptive weak embarrassed vacuous panicky unethical insensitive passive smug rash dispassionate 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 Carnelian is unhappy
66% of people agree that Carnelian is overdramatic

All Percentages

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(0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (33%) irresponsible (33%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (33%) selfish (33%) unhappy (66%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (33%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (33%)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

Description Breakdown (3 people)

Susan thinks: loud, insecure, childish, unhappy, overdramatic, cynical.
RubyLopez thinks: ignorant, incompetent, irrational, self-satisfied, overdramatic.
candie thinks: hostile, irresponsible, selfish, unhappy, chaotic, impatient.

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, inflexible, timid, cowardly, violent, aloof, glum, stupid, simple, vulgar, lethargic, withdrawn, unhelpful, needy, unimaginative, inane, brash, cruel, distant, boastful, blasé, imperceptive, weak, embarrassed, vacuous, panicky, unethical, insensitive,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