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Not Known to Others	Façade lethargic	Unknown incompetent cowardly violent aloof glum stupid simple irresponsible vulgar withdrawn hostile selfish unhappy unhelpful unimaginative cruel ignorant irrational distant boastful blasé imperceptive weak embarrassed loud vacuous panicky unethical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

Dominant Traits

75% of people think that Curious Kitten is needy
100% of people agree that Curious Kitten is overdramatic

All Percentages

incompetent (0%) intolerant (25%) inflexible (25%) timid (25%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (50%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (50%) needy (75%) unimaginative (0%) inane (25%) brash (25%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (0%) childish (25%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (50%) impatient (25%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) smug (0%) rash (25%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (100%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (0%) humourless (25%)

Description Breakdown (4 people)

jrduncans thinks: insecure, needy, childish, chaotic, rash, overdramatic.
rg thinks: timid, insecure, cynical, needy, overdramatic.
Erki thinks: intolerant, cynical, impatient, overdramatic, humourless, inflexible.
jasonlove thinks: chaotic, brash, overdramatic, needy, inane.

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> inflexible, insecure, childish, impatient, 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> intolerant, timid, cynical, needy, inane, brash, chaotic, rash, humourless</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</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, cowardly, violent, aloof, glum, stupid, simple, irresponsible, vulgar, withdrawn, hostile, selfish, unhappy, unhelpful, unimaginative, cruel, ignorant, irrational, distant, boastful, blasé, imperceptive, weak, embarrassed, loud, vacuous, panicky, unethical, insensitive, self-satisfied, passive, smug, dispassionate, dull, predictable, callous, inattentive, unreliable, cold, foolish</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>75% of people think that Curious Kitten is needy 100% of people agree that Curious Kitten is overdramatic <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (25%) inflexible (25%) timid (25%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (50%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (50%) needy (75%) unimaginative (0%) inane (25%) brash (25%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (0%) childish (25%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (50%) impatient (25%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) smug (0%) rash (25%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (100%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (0%) humourless (25%) <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 7.5.2026, 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=Curious Kitten">view Curious Kitten'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.