Gilligan87'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 insecure irresponsible lethargic weak	Blind Spot incompetent inflexible timid cowardly violent stupid simple vulgar unhelpful brash childish boastful imperceptive loud predictable
Not Known to Others	Façade chaotic	Unknown intolerant aloof glum withdrawn hostile selfish unhappy cynical needy unimaginative inane cruel ignorant irrational distant blasé impatient embarrassed vacuous panicky unethical insensitive self-satisfied passive smug rash dispassionate overdramatic dull callous inattentive unreliable cold foolish humourless
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.)

Dominant Traits

75% of people think that Gilligan87 is boastful

All Percentages

incompetent (50%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (25%) timid (25%) cowardly (25%) violent (25%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (50%) simple (25%) insecure (25%) irresponsible (25%) vulgar (25%) lethargic (25%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (25%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (25%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (0%) childish (25%) boastful (75%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (25%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (50%) embarrassed (0%) loud (25%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (25%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (0%) humourless (0%)

Description Breakdown (4 people)

diamond thinks: inflexible, unhelpful, brash, timid, insecure, irresponsible.
anonymous thinks: vulgar, incompetent, boastful, lethargic, stupid, imperceptive.
sattmay thinks: incompetent, violent, predictable, boastful, weak, loud.
akdjfk thinks: cowardly, simple, stupid, childish, boastful, weak.

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> insecure, irresponsible, lethargic, weak</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> incompetent, inflexible, timid, cowardly, violent, stupid, simple, vulgar, unhelpful, brash, childish, boastful, imperceptive, loud, 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> chaotic</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, aloof, glum, withdrawn, hostile, selfish, unhappy, cynical, needy, unimaginative, inane, cruel, ignorant, irrational, distant, blasé, impatient, embarrassed, vacuous, panicky, unethical, insensitive, self-satisfied, passive, smug, rash, dispassionate, overdramatic, dull, callous, inattentive, unreliable, cold, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>75% of people think that Gilligan87 is boastful <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (50%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (25%) timid (25%) cowardly (25%) violent (25%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (50%) simple (25%) insecure (25%) irresponsible (25%) vulgar (25%) lethargic (25%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (25%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (25%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (0%) childish (25%) boastful (75%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (25%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (50%) embarrassed (0%) loud (25%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (25%) 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="https://kevan.org/nohari">Nohari Window</a> on 8.5.2026, using data from 4 respondents. You can <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari?view=Gilligan87">view Gilligan87'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.