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Known to Others	Arena cynical distant	Blind Spot inflexible insecure withdrawn irrational embarrassed cold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

Dominant Traits

100% of people agree that Defensive_Specialist is cynical
100% of people agree that Defensive_Specialist is distant

All Percentages

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violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (50%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (50%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (100%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%)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

Description Breakdown (2 people)

Tuttle thinks: cynical, withdrawn, distant, insecure, irrational.
Anonymous thinks: inflexible, distant, embarrassed, cynical, cold.

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> cynical, distant</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, insecure, withdrawn, irrational, embarrassed, 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> aloof, hostile, impatient, dispassionate</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, timid, cowardly, violent, glum, stupid, simple, irresponsible, vulgar, lethargic, selfish, unhappy, unhelpful, needy, unimaginative, inane, brash, cruel, ignorant, childish, boastful, blasé, imperceptive, chaotic, weak, loud, vacuous, panicky, unethical, insensitive, self-satisfied, passive, smug, rash, overdramatic, dull, predictable, callous, inattentive, unreliable, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>100% of people agree that Defensive_Specialist is cynical 100% of people agree that Defensive_Specialist is distant <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (50%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (50%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (50%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (100%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (50%) distant (100%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (50%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (50%) 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 3.5.2026, using data from 2 respondents. You can <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari?view=Defensive_Specialist">view Defensive_Specialist'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.