Decay'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 Decay's.

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Known to Others	Arena irresponsible selfish passive	Blind Spot violent stupid simple lethargic withdrawn cynical inane childish impatient loud panicky smug dispassionate overdramatic inattentive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

All Percentages

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(25%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (25%) simple (25%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (25%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (25%) withdrawn (25%) hostile (0%) selfish (25%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (25%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (25%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%)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

Description Breakdown (4 people)

jamie thinks: childish, impatient, loud, inattentive, panicky.
jose thinks: loud, overdramatic, violent, stupid, simple.
mute thinks: cynical, dispassionate, passive, irresponsible, selfish.
Liz thinks: withdrawn, smug, inane, overdramatic, lethargic.

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> irresponsible, selfish, passive</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> violent, stupid, simple, lethargic, withdrawn, cynical, inane, childish, impatient, loud, panicky, smug, dispassionate, overdramatic, inattentive</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> glum, insensitive, dull</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, timid, cowardly, aloof, insecure, vulgar, hostile, unhappy, unhelpful, needy, unimaginative, brash, cruel, ignorant, irrational, distant, boastful, blasé, imperceptive, chaotic, weak, embarrassed, vacuous, unethical, self-satisfied, rash, predictable, callous, unreliable, cold, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (25%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (25%) simple (25%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (25%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (25%) withdrawn (25%) hostile (0%) selfish (25%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (25%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (25%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (0%) childish (25%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (25%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (50%) vacuous (0%) panicky (25%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (25%) smug (25%) rash (0%) dispassionate (25%) overdramatic (50%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (25%) 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 21.5.2025, 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=Decay">view Decay'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.