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boastful loud insensitive	Unknown incompetent intolerant timid cowardly violent glum stupid simple irresponsible withdrawn hostile selfish unhappy unhelpful unimaginative inane brash cruel ignorant irrational blasé imperceptive chaotic weak embarrassed vacuous unethical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

Dominant Traits

66% of people think that Dezeba is insecure
66% of people think that Dezeba is cynical
100% of people agree that Dezeba is panicky

All Percentages

incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (33%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (33%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (66%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (33%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (66%) needy (33%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (33%) childish (33%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (33%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (100%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (33%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (33%) cold (33%) foolish (0%) humourless (0%)

Description Breakdown (3 people)

anonymous thinks: overdramatic, impatient, childish, panicky, vulgar, needy.
Stor J thinks: aloof, inflexible, insecure, cynical, distant, panicky.
anonymous thinks: insecure, cynical, unreliable, cold, panicky.

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> panicky, 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> inflexible, aloof, insecure, vulgar, cynical, needy, distant, childish, impatient, unreliable, 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> lethargic, boastful, loud, 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, glum, stupid, simple, irresponsible, withdrawn, hostile, selfish, unhappy, unhelpful, unimaginative, inane, brash, cruel, ignorant, irrational, blasé, imperceptive, chaotic, weak, embarrassed, vacuous, unethical, self-satisfied, passive, smug, rash, dispassionate, dull, predictable, callous, inattentive, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>66% of people think that Dezeba is insecure 66% of people think that Dezeba is cynical 100% of people agree that Dezeba is panicky <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (33%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (33%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (66%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (33%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (66%) needy (33%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (33%) childish (33%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (33%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (100%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (33%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (33%) cold (33%) 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 9.6.2026, using data from 3 respondents. You can <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari?view=Dezeba">view Dezeba'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.