Seko'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 Seko's.

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Known to Others	Arena timid withdrawn passive	Blind Spot inflexible insecure unhappy cynical distant insensitive dispassionate dull humourless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

Dominant Traits

66% of people think that Seko is insecure
66% of people agree that Seko is withdrawn
66% of people think that Seko is unhappy
66% of people think that Seko is distant

All Percentages

incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (33%) timid (33%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (66%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (66%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (66%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (33%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (66%) childish (0%) 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 (33%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (33%) overdramatic (0%) dull (33%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (0%) humourless (33%)

Description Breakdown (3 people)

Anonyma thinks: timid, withdrawn, cynical, distant, dispassionate.
abcd thinks: insensitive, dull, insecure, unhappy, humourless.
anonymous thinks: passive, insecure, unhappy, inflexible, distant, withdrawn.

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> timid, withdrawn, passive</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> inflexible, insecure, unhappy, cynical, distant, insensitive, dispassionate, dull, humourless</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> lethargic, panicky, self-satisfied</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, cowardly, violent, aloof, glum, stupid, simple, irresponsible, vulgar, hostile, selfish, unhelpful, needy, unimaginative, inane, brash, cruel, ignorant, irrational, childish, boastful, blasé, imperceptive, chaotic, impatient, weak, embarrassed, loud, vacuous, unethical, smug, rash, overdramatic, predictable, callous, inattentive, unreliable, cold, foolish</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>66% of people think that Seko is insecure 66% of people agree that Seko is withdrawn 66% of people think that Seko is unhappy 66% of people think that Seko is distant <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (33%) timid (33%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (66%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (66%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (66%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (33%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (66%) childish (0%) 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 (33%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (33%) overdramatic (0%) dull (33%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (0%) humourless (33%) <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 18.7.2025, 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=Seko">view Seko'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.