The Real Buddy'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 The Real Buddy's.

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Façade cynical	Unknown intolerant inflexible timid cowardly violent aloof glum stupid simple insecure vulgar lethargic withdrawn hostile unhappy unimaginative cruel ignorant irrational distant boastful blasé imperceptive impatient embarrassed vacuous panicky unethical insensitive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

Dominant Traits

66% of people think that The Real Buddy is irresponsible
66% of people agree that The Real Buddy is childish

All Percentages

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violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (66%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (33%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (33%) cynical (0%) needy (33%) unimaginative (0%) inane (33%) brash (33%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%)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

Description Breakdown (3 people)

Pwwka thinks: childish, irresponsible, inane, unhelpful, rash.
seraphimsfallen thinks: irresponsible, brash, childish, chaotic, loud.
Semore Hyenee thinks: incompetent, weak, selfish, foolish, needy.

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> selfish, unhelpful, childish, chaotic, rash</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> incompetent, irresponsible, needy, inane, brash, weak, loud, 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> cynical</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> intolerant, inflexible, timid, cowardly, violent, aloof, glum, stupid, simple, insecure, vulgar, lethargic, withdrawn, hostile, unhappy, unimaginative, cruel, ignorant, irrational, distant, boastful, blasé, imperceptive, impatient, embarrassed, vacuous, panicky, unethical, insensitive, self-satisfied, passive, smug, dispassionate, overdramatic, dull, predictable, callous, inattentive, unreliable, cold, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>66% of people think that The Real Buddy is irresponsible 66% of people agree that The Real Buddy is childish <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (33%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (66%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (33%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (33%) cynical (0%) needy (33%) unimaginative (0%) inane (33%) brash (33%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (0%) childish (66%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (33%) impatient (0%) weak (33%) embarrassed (0%) loud (33%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) smug (0%) rash (33%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (33%) humourless (0%) <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 13.2.2025, 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=The Real Buddy">view The Real Buddy'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.