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Unknown incompetent intolerant inflexible timid violent aloof glum stupid simple irresponsible vulgar lethargic withdrawn hostile unhappy unhelpful needy unimaginative inane brash cruel ignorant irrational distant boastful imperceptive weak vacuous panicky unethical insensitive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

Dominant Traits

100% of people think that Kirsebaer is childish
75% of people think that Kirsebaer is impatient

All Percentages

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violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (25%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (50%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%)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

Description Breakdown (4 people)

Tinetoff thinks: selfish, loud, self-satisfied, childish, impatient.
Saint thinks: cynical, loud, impatient, childish, blasé.
safran thinks: cynical, rash, childish, blasé, smug.
Skilpadda thinks: childish, embarrassed, chaotic, overdramatic, 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> self-satisfied</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> selfish, cynical, childish, blasé, chaotic, impatient, embarrassed, loud, smug, rash, 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> cowardly, insecure, passive, predictable</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, violent, aloof, glum, stupid, simple, irresponsible, vulgar, lethargic, withdrawn, hostile, unhappy, unhelpful, needy, unimaginative, inane, brash, cruel, ignorant, irrational, distant, boastful, imperceptive, weak, vacuous, panicky, unethical, insensitive, dispassionate, dull, callous, inattentive, unreliable, cold, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>100% of people think that Kirsebaer is childish 75% of people think that Kirsebaer is impatient <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (25%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (50%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (0%) childish (100%) boastful (0%) blasé (50%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (25%) impatient (75%) weak (0%) embarrassed (25%) loud (50%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (25%) passive (0%) smug (25%) rash (25%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (25%) 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="http://kevan.org/nohari">Nohari Window</a> on 18.7.2025, 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=Kirsebaer">view Kirsebaer'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.