Desiderata'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 Desiderata's.

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Unknown incompetent intolerant timid cowardly violent aloof glum stupid simple insecure irresponsible vulgar lethargic withdrawn hostile selfish unhelpful unimaginative brash cruel ignorant irrational distant blasé chaotic weak embarrassed loud vacuous panicky passive dispassionate dull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

Dominant Traits

66% of people agree that Desiderata is inane
66% of people think that Desiderata is smug

All Percentages

incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (33%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (33%) needy (33%) unimaginative (0%) inane (66%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (0%) childish (33%) boastful (33%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (33%) chaotic (0%) impatient (33%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (33%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (33%) passive (0%) smug (66%) rash (33%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (33%) dull (0%) predictable (33%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (0%) humourless (0%)

Description Breakdown (3 people)

esther thinks: inane, rash, imperceptive, childish, self-satisfied.
seth thinks: overdramatic, inane, predictable, smug, cynical, impatient.
dank thinks: unethical, boastful, smug, needy, unhappy.

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, inane, boastful, self-satisfied</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> unhappy, cynical, childish, imperceptive, impatient, unethical, smug, rash, overdramatic, 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> inflexible, insensitive</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, aloof, glum, stupid, simple, insecure, irresponsible, vulgar, lethargic, withdrawn, hostile, selfish, unhelpful, unimaginative, brash, cruel, ignorant, irrational, distant, blasé, chaotic, weak, embarrassed, loud, vacuous, panicky, passive, dispassionate, dull, callous, inattentive, unreliable, cold, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>66% of people agree that Desiderata is inane 66% of people think that Desiderata is smug <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (33%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (33%) needy (33%) unimaginative (0%) inane (66%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (0%) childish (33%) boastful (33%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (33%) chaotic (0%) impatient (33%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (33%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (33%) passive (0%) smug (66%) rash (33%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (33%) dull (0%) predictable (33%) 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="http://kevan.org/nohari">Nohari Window</a> on 21.12.2024, using data from 3 respondents. You can <a href="http://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="http://kevan.org/nohari?view=Desiderata">view Desiderata'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.