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Known to Others	Arena irresponsible inane loud	Blind Spot intolerant insecure lethargic withdrawn unhappy childish blasé insensitive smug overdramatic dull foolish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

All Percentages

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(0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (25%) irresponsible (50%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (25%) withdrawn (25%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (50%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (50%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%)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

Description Breakdown (4 people)

j "admit you're gay" kavinsky thinks: dull, foolish, inane, unhappy, intolerant.
Jaime thinks: insecure, irresponsible, unhappy, withdrawn, loud.
Snarkbot thinks: irresponsible, childish, overdramatic, smug, blasé.
karen thinks: childish, insensitive, foolish, inane, lethargic.

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> irresponsible, inane, loud</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, insecure, lethargic, withdrawn, unhappy, childish, blasé, insensitive, smug, overdramatic, dull, 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> unhelpful, brash, 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, inflexible, timid, cowardly, violent, aloof, glum, stupid, simple, vulgar, hostile, selfish, cynical, needy, unimaginative, cruel, ignorant, irrational, distant, boastful, imperceptive, chaotic, impatient, weak, embarrassed, vacuous, panicky, unethical, passive, rash, dispassionate, predictable, callous, inattentive, unreliable, cold, humourless</td></tr></table> <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (25%) inflexible (0%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (25%) irresponsible (50%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (25%) withdrawn (25%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (50%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (50%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (0%) childish (50%) boastful (0%) blasé (25%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (25%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (25%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) smug (25%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (25%) dull (25%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (50%) 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 20.4.2026, 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=TedKord">view TedKord'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.