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Unknown incompetent intolerant inflexible timid cowardly violent aloof glum stupid simple irresponsible lethargic withdrawn hostile selfish unhappy unhelpful needy unimaginative cruel distant boastful blasé chaotic weak embarrassed vacuous panicky unethical insensitive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

Dominant Traits

100% of people think that Little Linguist is insecure
66% of people think that Little Linguist is childish
100% of people agree that Little Linguist is overdramatic

All Percentages

incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (100%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (33%) brash (33%) cruel (0%) ignorant (33%) irrational (33%) distant (0%) childish (66%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (33%) chaotic (0%) impatient (33%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (33%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (100%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (0%) humourless (0%)

Description Breakdown (3 people)

Laughing Ebony thinks: childish, insecure, inane, irrational, overdramatic.
Peguy thinks: insecure, childish, impatient, overdramatic, brash.
randomobserver thinks: overdramatic, loud, imperceptive, insecure, ignorant.

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> irrational, loud, 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> insecure, inane, brash, ignorant, childish, imperceptive, impatient</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> vulgar, cynical</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, cowardly, violent, aloof, glum, stupid, simple, irresponsible, lethargic, withdrawn, hostile, selfish, unhappy, unhelpful, needy, unimaginative, cruel, distant, boastful, blasé, chaotic, weak, embarrassed, vacuous, panicky, unethical, insensitive, self-satisfied, passive, smug, rash, dispassionate, dull, predictable, callous, inattentive, unreliable, cold, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>100% of people think that Little Linguist is insecure 66% of people think that Little Linguist is childish 100% of people agree that Little Linguist is overdramatic <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 (100%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (33%) brash (33%) cruel (0%) ignorant (33%) irrational (33%) distant (0%) childish (66%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (33%) chaotic (0%) impatient (33%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (33%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (100%) 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 15.5.2025, 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=Little Linguist">view Little Linguist'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.