In the Wings'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 In the Wings's.

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Not Known to Others	Façade insecure withdrawn unreliable	Unknown incompetent timid cowardly violent aloof glum stupid simple irresponsible lethargic hostile unhappy unhelpful unimaginative inane cruel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

All Percentages

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violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (25%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (25%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (25%) needy (25%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (50%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%)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

Description Breakdown (4 people)

mintoots thinks: cynical, passive, humourless, inflexible, distant.
Sofie thinks: foolish, chaotic, blasé, vulgar, brash, dispassionate.
secret thinks: selfish, inattentive, dull, foolish, imperceptive.
Aether thinks: needy, embarrassed, intolerant, brash, impatient.

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> selfish, passive, dull</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, inflexible, vulgar, cynical, needy, brash, distant, blasé, imperceptive, chaotic, impatient, embarrassed, dispassionate, inattentive, foolish, humourless</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, withdrawn, 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> incompetent, timid, cowardly, violent, aloof, glum, stupid, simple, irresponsible, lethargic, hostile, unhappy, unhelpful, unimaginative, inane, cruel, ignorant, irrational, childish, boastful, weak, loud, vacuous, panicky, unethical, insensitive, self-satisfied, smug, rash, overdramatic, predictable, callous, cold</td></tr></table> <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (25%) inflexible (25%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (25%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (25%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (25%) needy (25%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (50%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (25%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (25%) imperceptive (25%) chaotic (25%) impatient (25%) weak (0%) embarrassed (25%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (25%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (25%) overdramatic (0%) dull (25%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (25%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (50%) humourless (25%) <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 3.5.2025, using data from 4 respondents. You can <a href="http://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="http://kevan.org/nohari?view=In the Wings">view In the Wings'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.