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Known to Others	Arena imperceptive	Blind Spot insecure withdrawn distant passive inattentive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

Dominant Traits

100% of people think that Essie is insecure
100% of people think that Essie is withdrawn
100% of people think that Essie is distant
100% of people agree that Essie is imperceptive
100% of people think that Essie is passive
100% of people think that Essie is inattentive

All Percentages

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violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (100%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (100%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%)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

Description Breakdown (1 people)

notdannofcourse thinks: inattentive, passive, imperceptive, withdrawn, insecure, distant.

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> imperceptive</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> insecure, withdrawn, distant, passive, 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> incompetent, childish, chaotic, weak, unreliable</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> intolerant, inflexible, timid, cowardly, violent, aloof, glum, stupid, simple, irresponsible, vulgar, lethargic, hostile, selfish, unhappy, unhelpful, cynical, needy, unimaginative, inane, brash, cruel, ignorant, irrational, boastful, blasé, impatient, embarrassed, loud, vacuous, panicky, unethical, insensitive, self-satisfied, smug, rash, dispassionate, overdramatic, dull, predictable, callous, cold, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>100% of people think that Essie is insecure 100% of people think that Essie is withdrawn 100% of people think that Essie is distant 100% of people agree that Essie is imperceptive 100% of people think that Essie is passive 100% of people think that Essie is inattentive <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 (100%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (100%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (100%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (100%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (100%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (100%) 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 13.6.2025, using data from 1 respondents. You can <a href="http://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="http://kevan.org/nohari?view=Essie">view Essie's full data</a>. </div>

The Nohari Window was tinted by Kevan on the 12th of February 2006.
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