Erinyes'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 Erinyes's.

Known
to
Self
Not
Known
to
Self
Known to Others

Arena

lethargic
irrational
boastful
weak
self-satisfied
foolish

Blind Spot

intolerant
violent
aloof
simple
insecure
irresponsible
vulgar
unhappy
cynical
inane
brash
distant
childish
imperceptive
chaotic
impatient
loud
panicky
insensitive
passive
smug
overdramatic
inattentive
unreliable
cold
humourless
Not Known to Others

Façade

Unknown

incompetent inflexible timid cowardly glum stupid withdrawn hostile selfish unhelpful needy unimaginative cruel ignorant blasé embarrassed vacuous unethical rash dispassionate dull predictable callous

(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.)

All Percentages

incompetent (0%) intolerant (8%) inflexible (0%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (8%) aloof (16%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (16%) insecure (41%) irresponsible (8%) vulgar (16%) lethargic (33%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (8%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (25%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (8%) brash (16%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (8%) distant (25%) childish (8%) boastful (41%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (8%) chaotic (8%) impatient (8%) weak (8%) embarrassed (0%) loud (25%) vacuous (0%) panicky (8%) unethical (0%) insensitive (25%) self-satisfied (25%) passive (8%) smug (33%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (16%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (8%) unreliable (8%) cold (8%) foolish (25%) humourless (8%)

Description Breakdown (12 people)

The Messiah thinks: vulgar, brash, childish, insecure, simple.
anonymous thinks: cynical, overdramatic, intolerant, brash, boastful.
Ellen. thinks: distant, insecure, unhappy, impatient, loud.
lizleBObizle thinks: distant, simple, overdramatic, boastful, self-satisfied.
Pirate Dan thinks: lethargic, foolish, weak, irrational, boastful, self-satisfied.
Vera thinks: lethargic, self-satisfied, foolish, boastful, smug.
ShadyPrincess thinks: lethargic, cynical, loud, insecure, boastful.
Niloc thinks: aloof, insecure, imperceptive, insensitive, smug, unreliable.
Brian thinks: cynical, insensitive, smug, humourless, inattentive.
If only you knew =) thinks: cold, insensitive, aloof, insecure, distant, smug.
Ting thinks: lethargic, panicky, inane, chaotic, irresponsible.
K thinks: vulgar, loud, passive, violent, foolish.

You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-

The Nohari Window was tinted by Kevan on the 12th of February 2006.
Any questions? Check the FAQ.
For the original positive spin, look through the Johari Window.