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Known to Others	Arena glum unhappy irrational impatient	Blind Spot simple insecure withdrawn hostile cynical distant childish chaotic panicky passive rash dull predictable foolish humourless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

Dominant Traits

66% of people agree that Yadu Rajiv is unhappy

All Percentages

incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (50%) stupid (0%) simple (16%) insecure (33%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (16%) hostile (16%) selfish (0%) unhappy (66%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (33%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (16%) distant (33%) childish (33%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (16%) impatient (33%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (16%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (16%) smug (0%) rash (16%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (33%) predictable (33%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (16%) humourless (16%)

Description Breakdown (6 people)

god thinks: dull, panicky, foolish, humourless, rash.
ViNi thinks: insecure, unhappy, dull, withdrawn, distant.
Jay thinks: simple, childish, predictable, unhappy, passive.
kinZ thinks: hostile, insecure, glum, distant, chaotic, cynical.
creative thinks: unhappy, impatient, irrational, predictable, glum.
MGirl thinks: glum, cynical, unhappy, impatient, childish.

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> glum, unhappy, irrational, impatient</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> simple, insecure, withdrawn, hostile, cynical, distant, childish, chaotic, panicky, passive, rash, dull, predictable, foolish, 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> irresponsible, insensitive</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, inflexible, timid, cowardly, violent, aloof, stupid, vulgar, lethargic, selfish, unhelpful, needy, unimaginative, inane, brash, cruel, ignorant, boastful, blasé, imperceptive, weak, embarrassed, loud, vacuous, unethical, self-satisfied, smug, dispassionate, overdramatic, callous, inattentive, unreliable, cold</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>66% of people agree that Yadu Rajiv is unhappy <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (50%) stupid (0%) simple (16%) insecure (33%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (16%) hostile (16%) selfish (0%) unhappy (66%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (33%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (16%) distant (33%) childish (33%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (16%) impatient (33%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (16%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (16%) smug (0%) rash (16%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (33%) predictable (33%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (16%) humourless (16%) <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 18.6.2026, using data from 6 respondents. You can <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari?view=Yadu Rajiv">view Yadu Rajiv's full data</a>. </div>

The Nohari Window was tinted by Kevan on the 12th of February 2006.
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