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irresponsible selfish passive	Unknown incompetent inflexible timid cowardly violent glum stupid vulgar lethargic withdrawn hostile unhappy unhelpful needy unimaginative inane ignorant irrational childish boastful imperceptive weak embarrassed loud vacuous panicky unethical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

Dominant Traits

66% of people think that GradualDazzle is cynical
100% of people agree that GradualDazzle is chaotic

All Percentages

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violent (0%) aloof (33%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (33%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (66%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (33%) cruel (33%) ignorant (0%)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

Description Breakdown (3 people)

NorthernLight thinks: inattentive, chaotic, aloof, cynical, distant.
Lisa thinks: simple, impatient, chaotic, blasé, cynical.
esbee thinks: brash, chaotic, cruel, intolerant, overdramatic.

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> chaotic, inattentive</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> intolerant, aloof, simple, cynical, brash, cruel, distant, blasé, impatient, overdramatic</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> insecure, irresponsible, selfish, passive</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, inflexible, timid, cowardly, violent, glum, stupid, vulgar, lethargic, withdrawn, hostile, unhappy, unhelpful, needy, unimaginative, inane, ignorant, irrational, childish, boastful, imperceptive, weak, embarrassed, loud, vacuous, panicky, unethical, insensitive, self-satisfied, smug, rash, dispassionate, dull, predictable, callous, unreliable, cold, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>66% of people think that GradualDazzle is cynical 100% of people agree that GradualDazzle is chaotic <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (33%) inflexible (0%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (33%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (33%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (66%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (33%) cruel (33%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (33%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (33%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (100%) impatient (33%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (33%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (33%) 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 27.5.2026, 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=GradualDazzle">view GradualDazzle'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.