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Façade glum impatient	Unknown incompetent intolerant timid cowardly violent stupid simple insecure irresponsible vulgar withdrawn hostile selfish unhappy unhelpful needy unimaginative brash cruel ignorant irrational blasé imperceptive weak embarrassed vacuous panicky unethical passive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

Dominant Traits

75% of people think that Yoy is insensitive

All Percentages

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violent (0%) aloof (50%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (25%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (50%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (25%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%)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

Description Breakdown (4 people)

Gilly thinks: smug, inflexible, inane, lethargic, predictable.
Ishy thinks: insensitive, aloof, chaotic, cynical, boastful.
Ez thinks: insensitive, rash, smug, childish, loud, inattentive.
Subterranean thinks: aloof, cynical, insensitive, self-satisfied, distant.

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, loud, rash, inattentive</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> aloof, lethargic, cynical, inane, distant, childish, boastful, chaotic, insensitive, self-satisfied, smug, 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> glum, impatient</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, timid, cowardly, violent, stupid, simple, insecure, irresponsible, vulgar, withdrawn, hostile, selfish, unhappy, unhelpful, needy, unimaginative, brash, cruel, ignorant, irrational, blasé, imperceptive, weak, embarrassed, vacuous, panicky, unethical, passive, dispassionate, overdramatic, dull, callous, unreliable, cold, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>75% of people think that Yoy is insensitive <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (25%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (50%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (25%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (50%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (25%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (25%) childish (25%) boastful (25%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (25%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (25%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (75%) self-satisfied (25%) passive (0%) smug (50%) rash (25%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (25%) callous (0%) inattentive (25%) 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="https://kevan.org/nohari">Nohari Window</a> on 26.4.2026, 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=Yoy">view Yoy'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.