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Façade needy inattentive	Unknown incompetent intolerant inflexible cowardly violent aloof glum stupid irresponsible withdrawn hostile selfish unhappy unhelpful cynical unimaginative inane brash cruel ignorant irrational boastful blasé chaotic impatient weak embarrassed loud vacuous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

Dominant Traits

75% of people think that Karl Harmdierks is insecure
100% of people think that Karl Harmdierks is passive

All Percentages

incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (50%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (25%) insecure (75%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (25%) lethargic (50%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (25%) childish (25%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (25%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (25%) passive (100%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (50%) overdramatic (25%) dull (0%) predictable (25%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (0%) humourless (0%)

Description Breakdown (4 people)

Mike thinks: timid, simple, passive, insecure, distant.
BanjoBen thinks: insecure, overdramatic, lethargic, self-satisfied, passive.
Infinity thinks: childish, passive, timid, insecure, vulgar, dispassionate.
Desiree thinks: lethargic, imperceptive, passive, predictable, 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> timid, lethargic, predictable</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> simple, insecure, vulgar, distant, childish, imperceptive, self-satisfied, passive, dispassionate, 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> needy, inattentive</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, cowardly, violent, aloof, glum, stupid, irresponsible, withdrawn, hostile, selfish, unhappy, unhelpful, cynical, unimaginative, inane, brash, cruel, ignorant, irrational, boastful, blasé, chaotic, impatient, weak, embarrassed, loud, vacuous, panicky, unethical, insensitive, smug, rash, dull, callous, unreliable, cold, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>75% of people think that Karl Harmdierks is insecure 100% of people think that Karl Harmdierks is passive <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (50%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (25%) insecure (75%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (25%) lethargic (50%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (25%) childish (25%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (25%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (25%) passive (100%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (50%) overdramatic (25%) 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="http://kevan.org/nohari">Nohari Window</a> on 19.4.2025, 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=Karl Harmdierks">view Karl Harmdierks'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.