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Known to Others	Arena lethargic	Blind Spot aloof glum simple insecure withdrawn unhappy needy distant childish boastful blasé weak panicky smug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

Dominant Traits

75% of people think that Ishysquishy is glum

All Percentages

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(0%) aloof (50%) glum (75%) stupid (0%) simple (25%) insecure (25%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (50%) withdrawn (50%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (50%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (25%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%)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

Description Breakdown (4 people)

Joy thinks: lethargic, withdrawn, panicky, unhappy, glum.
Expat thinks: withdrawn, needy, unhappy, insecure, aloof.
gamma thinks: glum, smug, childish, boastful, weak, simple.
Gilly thinks: blasé, aloof, glum, lethargic, 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> lethargic</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, glum, simple, insecure, withdrawn, unhappy, needy, distant, childish, boastful, blasé, weak, panicky, smug</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> intolerant, inflexible, cynical, impatient, dispassionate</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, stupid, irresponsible, vulgar, hostile, selfish, unhelpful, unimaginative, inane, brash, cruel, ignorant, irrational, imperceptive, chaotic, embarrassed, loud, vacuous, unethical, insensitive, self-satisfied, passive, rash, overdramatic, dull, predictable, callous, inattentive, unreliable, cold, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>75% of people think that Ishysquishy is glum <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (50%) glum (75%) stupid (0%) simple (25%) insecure (25%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (50%) withdrawn (50%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (50%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (25%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (25%) childish (25%) boastful (25%) blasé (25%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (25%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (25%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) smug (25%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) 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=Ishysquishy">view Ishysquishy'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.