SmartyPants'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 SmartyPants's.

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Known to Others	Arena unhappy humourless	Blind Spot intolerant glum simple withdrawn irrational distant childish impatient dull predictable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

Dominant Traits

66% of people think that SmartyPants is glum
66% of people think that SmartyPants is withdrawn
66% of people agree that SmartyPants is unhappy

All Percentages

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violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (66%) stupid (0%) simple (33%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (66%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (66%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%)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

Description Breakdown (3 people)

AustinG thinks: intolerant, impatient, unhappy, withdrawn, glum.
... thinks: glum, withdrawn, unhappy, distant, humourless.
Anonymous thinks: dull, simple, irrational, childish, predictable.

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> unhappy, humourless</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, glum, simple, withdrawn, irrational, distant, childish, impatient, dull, predictable</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, cowardly, weak, embarrassed</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, violent, aloof, stupid, insecure, irresponsible, vulgar, lethargic, hostile, selfish, unhelpful, cynical, needy, unimaginative, inane, brash, cruel, ignorant, boastful, blasé, imperceptive, chaotic, loud, vacuous, panicky, unethical, insensitive, self-satisfied, passive, smug, rash, dispassionate, overdramatic, callous, inattentive, unreliable, cold, foolish</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>66% of people think that SmartyPants is glum 66% of people think that SmartyPants is withdrawn 66% of people agree that SmartyPants is unhappy <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (33%) inflexible (0%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (66%) stupid (0%) simple (33%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (66%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (66%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (33%) distant (33%) childish (33%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (33%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (33%) predictable (33%) 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 25.7.2025, 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=SmartyPants">view SmartyPants's full data</a>. </div>

The Nohari Window was tinted by Kevan on the 12th of February 2006.
Any questions? Check the FAQ.
For the original positive spin, look through the Johari Window.