Matthew Bowyer'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.

You can get your own Nohari Window, or contribute to Matthew Bowyer's.

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Not Known to Others	Façade needy weak	Unknown intolerant inflexible cowardly violent glum stupid irresponsible vulgar withdrawn hostile selfish unhappy unhelpful cynical unimaginative inane brash cruel ignorant irrational childish blasé imperceptive chaotic impatient embarrassed vacuous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

Dominant Traits

100% of people think that Matthew Bowyer is lethargic
75% of people agree that Matthew Bowyer is boastful

All Percentages

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(0%) aloof (25%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (25%) insecure (25%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (100%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%)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

Description Breakdown (4 people)

Stephanie Rothwell thinks: self-satisfied, boastful, inattentive, rash, lethargic.
Stephanie Rothwell thinks: simple, passive, predictable, lethargic, timid, boastful.
Qatar Cat thinks: aloof, loud, lethargic, predictable, boastful.
tDot thinks: incompetent, insecure, overdramatic, lethargic, distant, timid.

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> aloof, boastful, loud</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> incompetent, timid, simple, insecure, lethargic, distant, self-satisfied, passive, rash, overdramatic, predictable, 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> needy, weak</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> intolerant, inflexible, cowardly, violent, glum, stupid, irresponsible, vulgar, withdrawn, hostile, selfish, unhappy, unhelpful, cynical, unimaginative, inane, brash, cruel, ignorant, irrational, childish, blasé, imperceptive, chaotic, impatient, embarrassed, vacuous, panicky, unethical, insensitive, smug, dispassionate, dull, callous, unreliable, cold, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>100% of people think that Matthew Bowyer is lethargic 75% of people agree that Matthew Bowyer is boastful <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (25%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (50%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (25%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (25%) insecure (25%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (100%) 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 (0%) boastful (75%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (25%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (25%) passive (25%) smug (0%) rash (25%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (25%) dull (0%) predictable (50%) callous (0%) inattentive (25%) 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 18.4.2025, 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=Matthew Bowyer">view Matthew Bowyer'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.