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unhappy unhelpful weak	Unknown incompetent inflexible cowardly violent aloof glum stupid simple irresponsible vulgar withdrawn hostile selfish needy unimaginative inane brash ignorant boastful imperceptive chaotic impatient embarrassed loud vacuous panicky insensitive smug rash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

Dominant Traits

75% of people think that Nelvis is cynical

All Percentages

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violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (25%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (75%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (50%) ignorant (0%)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

Description Breakdown (4 people)

L'Ailurofilo thinks: cruel, cynical, predictable, unethical, self-satisfied.
VG thinks: foolish, cynical, childish, irrational, intolerant.
dubiousdisc thinks: cynical, childish, irrational, cruel, intolerant.
Marco thinks: lethargic, blasé, self-satisfied, passive, distant.

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> distant</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, lethargic, cynical, cruel, irrational, childish, blasé, unethical, self-satisfied, passive, predictable, foolish</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> timid, insecure, unhappy, unhelpful, 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> incompetent, inflexible, cowardly, violent, aloof, glum, stupid, simple, irresponsible, vulgar, withdrawn, hostile, selfish, needy, unimaginative, inane, brash, ignorant, boastful, imperceptive, chaotic, impatient, embarrassed, loud, vacuous, panicky, insensitive, smug, rash, dispassionate, overdramatic, dull, callous, inattentive, unreliable, cold, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>75% of people think that Nelvis is cynical <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (50%) inflexible (0%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (25%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (75%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (50%) ignorant (0%) irrational (50%) distant (25%) childish (50%) boastful (0%) blasé (25%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (25%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (50%) passive (25%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (25%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (25%) 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 10.6.2026, 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=Nelvis">view Nelvis'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.