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Façade irresponsible selfish	Unknown incompetent inflexible timid cowardly violent glum stupid simple vulgar lethargic withdrawn hostile unhappy unhelpful needy unimaginative inane cruel ignorant boastful blasé imperceptive chaotic impatient weak embarrassed loud vacuous panicky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

Dominant Traits

66% of people agree that MsLis is insecure
66% of people think that MsLis is cynical

All Percentages

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violent (0%) aloof (33%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (66%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (66%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (33%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%)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

Description Breakdown (3 people)

Daran thinks: aloof, distant, cold, cynical, dispassionate.
Kiralee thinks: insecure, intolerant, insensitive, unreliable, childish.
thinks: insecure, cynical, irrational, overdramatic, brash.

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, insecure, distant, cold</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> intolerant, cynical, brash, irrational, childish, insensitive, dispassionate, overdramatic, unreliable</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> irresponsible, selfish</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, inflexible, timid, cowardly, violent, glum, stupid, simple, vulgar, lethargic, withdrawn, hostile, unhappy, unhelpful, needy, unimaginative, inane, cruel, ignorant, boastful, blasé, imperceptive, chaotic, impatient, weak, embarrassed, loud, vacuous, panicky, unethical, self-satisfied, passive, smug, rash, dull, predictable, callous, inattentive, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>66% of people agree that MsLis is insecure 66% of people think that MsLis is cynical <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (33%) inflexible (0%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (33%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (66%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (66%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (33%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (33%) distant (33%) childish (33%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (33%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (33%) overdramatic (33%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (33%) cold (33%) foolish (0%) humourless (0%) <div style="border:1px solid #000; padding:8px; text-align:center;background:#eee"> Created by the <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari">Nohari Window</a> on 9.6.2026, using data from 3 respondents. You can <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari?view=MsLis">view MsLis'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.