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Others	Façade predictable	Unknown incompetent timid cowardly violent aloof stupid simple irresponsible vulgar lethargic withdrawn selfish unhelpful needy unimaginative inane cruel ignorant irrational distant childish boastful blasé imperceptive chaotic impatient weak vacuous panicky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

Dominant Traits

75% of people agree that WhizGidget is insecure
100% of people think that WhizGidget is cynical

All Percentages

incompetent (0%) intolerant (25%) inflexible (50%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (25%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (75%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (25%) selfish (0%) unhappy (25%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (100%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (25%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (0%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (50%) loud (25%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (25%) passive (0%) smug (50%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (0%) humourless (0%)

Description Breakdown (4 people)

stasha thinks: cynical, embarrassed, insecure, smug, loud.
Clioratha thinks: cynical, insecure, glum, self-satisfied, unhappy.
Melissa thinks: insecure, cynical, smug, inflexible, embarrassed.
Lorna thinks: , brash, inflexible, intolerant, hostile, cynical.

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> inflexible, insecure, embarrassed, smug</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, hostile, unhappy, cynical, brash, loud, self-satisfied</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> predictable</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, timid, cowardly, violent, aloof, stupid, simple, irresponsible, vulgar, lethargic, withdrawn, selfish, unhelpful, needy, unimaginative, inane, cruel, ignorant, irrational, distant, childish, boastful, blasé, imperceptive, chaotic, impatient, weak, vacuous, panicky, unethical, insensitive, passive, rash, dispassionate, overdramatic, dull, callous, inattentive, unreliable, cold, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>75% of people agree that WhizGidget is insecure 100% of people think that WhizGidget is cynical <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (25%) inflexible (50%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (25%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (75%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (25%) selfish (0%) unhappy (25%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (100%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (25%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (0%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (50%) loud (25%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (25%) passive (0%) smug (50%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (0%) 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 20.6.2025, using data from 4 respondents. You can <a href="http://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="http://kevan.org/nohari?view=WhizGidget">view WhizGidget'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.