NearZero'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 NearZero's.

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Known to Others	Arena childish	Blind Spot intolerant aloof glum insecure withdrawn cynical needy irrational blasé chaotic insensitive smug overdramatic predictable callous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

Dominant Traits

75% of people agree that NearZero is childish

All Percentages

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(0%) aloof (25%) glum (25%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (25%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (25%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (25%) needy (25%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%)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

Description Breakdown (4 people)

anonymous thinks: overdramatic, cynical, irrational, needy, predictable.
Anon thinks: insensitive, callous, childish, intolerant, smug.
Mr Ni thinks: childish, chaotic, glum, blasé, overdramatic.
Deus ex Machina thinks: aloof, insecure, withdrawn, irrational, childish.

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> childish</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, aloof, glum, insecure, withdrawn, cynical, needy, irrational, blasé, chaotic, insensitive, smug, overdramatic, predictable, callous</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> hostile, selfish, unethical, rash, foolish</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, stupid, simple, irresponsible, vulgar, lethargic, unhappy, unhelpful, unimaginative, inane, brash, cruel, ignorant, distant, boastful, imperceptive, impatient, weak, embarrassed, loud, vacuous, panicky, self-satisfied, passive, dispassionate, dull, inattentive, unreliable, cold, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>75% of people agree that NearZero is childish <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (25%) inflexible (0%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (25%) glum (25%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (25%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (25%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (25%) needy (25%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (50%) distant (0%) childish (75%) boastful (0%) blasé (25%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (25%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (25%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) smug (25%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (50%) dull (0%) predictable (25%) callous (25%) 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="https://kevan.org/nohari">Nohari Window</a> on 17.6.2026, using data from 4 respondents. You can <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari?view=NearZero">view NearZero'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.