Laurie99'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 overdramatic	Blind Spot timid aloof glum insecure vulgar lethargic needy brash chaotic impatient rash inattentive
Not Known to Others	Façade withdrawn distant panicky cold	Unknown incompetent intolerant inflexible cowardly violent stupid simple irresponsible hostile selfish unhappy unhelpful cynical unimaginative inane cruel ignorant irrational childish boastful blasé imperceptive weak embarrassed loud vacuous unethical insensitive self-satisfied passive smug dispassionate dull predictable callous unreliable foolish humourless
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.)

Dominant Traits

66% of people think that Laurie99 is aloof
66% of people think that Laurie99 is brash
66% of people think that Laurie99 is impatient

All Percentages

incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (33%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (66%) glum (33%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (33%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (33%) lethargic (33%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (33%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (66%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (0%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (33%) impatient (66%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) smug (0%) rash (33%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (33%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (33%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (0%) humourless (0%)

Description Breakdown (3 people)

Mike thinks: overdramatic, impatient, brash, aloof, needy.
grant thinks: vulgar, chaotic, brash, glum, rash.
anonymous thinks: timid, aloof, inattentive, insecure, lethargic, 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> overdramatic</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> timid, aloof, glum, insecure, vulgar, lethargic, needy, brash, chaotic, impatient, rash, inattentive</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> withdrawn, distant, panicky, cold</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, stupid, simple, irresponsible, hostile, selfish, unhappy, unhelpful, cynical, unimaginative, inane, cruel, ignorant, irrational, childish, boastful, blasé, imperceptive, weak, embarrassed, loud, vacuous, unethical, insensitive, self-satisfied, passive, smug, dispassionate, dull, predictable, callous, unreliable, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>66% of people think that Laurie99 is aloof 66% of people think that Laurie99 is brash 66% of people think that Laurie99 is impatient <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (33%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (66%) glum (33%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (33%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (33%) lethargic (33%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (33%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (66%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (0%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (33%) impatient (66%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) smug (0%) rash (33%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (33%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (33%) 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 24.6.2025, using data from 3 respondents. You can <a href="http://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="http://kevan.org/nohari?view=Laurie99">view Laurie99'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.