Gunslinger'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 Gunslinger's.

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Known to Others	Arena vulgar hostile loud rash	Blind Spot aloof stupid lethargic withdrawn cynical brash distant childish impatient unethical insensitive self-satisfied smug dispassionate callous inattentive cold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

All Percentages

incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (20%) glum (0%) stupid (20%) simple (0%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (40%) lethargic (40%) withdrawn (20%) hostile (20%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (20%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (40%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (20%) childish (20%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (20%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (40%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (20%) insensitive (20%) self-satisfied (20%) passive (0%) smug (20%) rash (20%) dispassionate (40%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (20%) inattentive (20%) unreliable (0%) cold (20%) foolish (0%) humourless (0%)

Description Breakdown (5 people)

Jake thinks: loud, brash, vulgar, lethargic, insensitive.
Jen thinks: loud, brash, hostile, vulgar, cynical.
JMJanssen thinks: cold, dispassionate, callous, smug, impatient.
Dana thinks: inattentive, distant, rash, withdrawn, aloof, self-satisfied.
God thinks: childish, lethargic, stupid, unethical, dispassionate.

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> vulgar, hostile, loud, rash</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> aloof, stupid, lethargic, withdrawn, cynical, brash, distant, childish, impatient, unethical, insensitive, self-satisfied, smug, dispassionate, callous, inattentive, 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> unhappy, 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> incompetent, intolerant, inflexible, timid, cowardly, violent, glum, simple, insecure, irresponsible, selfish, unhelpful, needy, unimaginative, inane, cruel, ignorant, irrational, boastful, blasé, imperceptive, weak, embarrassed, vacuous, panicky, passive, overdramatic, dull, predictable, unreliable, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (20%) glum (0%) stupid (20%) simple (0%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (40%) lethargic (40%) withdrawn (20%) hostile (20%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (20%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (40%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (20%) childish (20%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (20%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (40%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (20%) insensitive (20%) self-satisfied (20%) passive (0%) smug (20%) rash (20%) dispassionate (40%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (20%) inattentive (20%) unreliable (0%) cold (20%) 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 15.4.2025, using data from 5 respondents. You can <a href="http://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="http://kevan.org/nohari?view=Gunslinger">view Gunslinger'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.