Cheren'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 Cheren's.

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Façade cowardly childish dull inattentive	Unknown incompetent intolerant violent glum stupid irresponsible vulgar withdrawn hostile selfish cynical unimaginative inane brash cruel ignorant irrational distant blasé imperceptive chaotic impatient vacuous unethical insensitive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

Dominant Traits

75% of people think that Cheren is insecure
75% of people agree that Cheren is needy

All Percentages

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(0%) aloof (25%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (25%) insecure (75%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (25%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (25%) unhelpful (25%) cynical (0%) needy (75%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%)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

Description Breakdown (4 people)

anon thinks: insecure, boastful, loud, needy, lethargic.
ooooo thinks: insecure, predictable, unhelpful, needy, panicky, timid.
anon thinks: insecure, embarrassed, unhappy, aloof, inflexible.
u vu)d thinks: weak, simple, panicky, embarrassed, needy.

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> needy</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, timid, aloof, simple, insecure, lethargic, unhappy, unhelpful, boastful, weak, embarrassed, loud, panicky, predictable</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, childish, dull, inattentive</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, violent, glum, stupid, irresponsible, vulgar, withdrawn, hostile, selfish, cynical, unimaginative, inane, brash, cruel, ignorant, irrational, distant, blasé, imperceptive, chaotic, impatient, vacuous, unethical, insensitive, self-satisfied, passive, smug, rash, dispassionate, overdramatic, callous, unreliable, cold, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>75% of people think that Cheren is insecure 75% of people agree that Cheren is needy <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (25%) timid (25%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (25%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (25%) insecure (75%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (25%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (25%) unhelpful (25%) cynical (0%) needy (75%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (0%) childish (0%) boastful (25%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (25%) embarrassed (50%) loud (25%) vacuous (0%) panicky (50%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (25%) 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 17.6.2026, 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=Cheren">view Cheren'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.