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Known to Others	Arena intolerant insecure impatient inattentive	Blind Spot aloof simple irresponsible vulgar withdrawn unhappy needy ignorant embarrassed passive unreliable cold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

Dominant Traits

75% of people think that Chenghuan is passive

All Percentages

incompetent (0%) intolerant (25%) inflexible (0%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (50%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (25%) insecure (50%) irresponsible (25%) vulgar (25%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (25%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (25%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (25%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (25%) irrational (0%) distant (0%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (25%) weak (0%) embarrassed (25%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (75%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (50%) unreliable (25%) cold (25%) foolish (0%) humourless (0%)

Description Breakdown (4 people)

Xinyi thinks: simple, irresponsible, impatient, unreliable, inattentive.
Charisse thinks: aloof, passive, cold, inattentive, ignorant, withdrawn.
sharmais thinks: insecure, passive, vulgar, embarrassed, intolerant.
ISIS thinks: aloof, insecure, needy, unhappy, passive.

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> intolerant, insecure, impatient, inattentive</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> aloof, simple, irresponsible, vulgar, withdrawn, unhappy, needy, ignorant, embarrassed, passive, unreliable, 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, cynical</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, timid, cowardly, violent, glum, stupid, hostile, selfish, unhelpful, unimaginative, inane, brash, cruel, irrational, distant, childish, boastful, blasé, imperceptive, chaotic, weak, loud, vacuous, panicky, unethical, insensitive, self-satisfied, smug, rash, dispassionate, overdramatic, dull, predictable, callous, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>75% of people think that Chenghuan is passive <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (25%) inflexible (0%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (50%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (25%) insecure (50%) irresponsible (25%) vulgar (25%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (25%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (25%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (25%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (25%) irrational (0%) distant (0%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (25%) weak (0%) embarrassed (25%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (75%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (50%) unreliable (25%) cold (25%) 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 14.5.2025, 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=Chenghuan">view Chenghuan'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.