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panicky inattentive	Unknown incompetent cowardly violent aloof glum stupid insecure irresponsible vulgar lethargic withdrawn hostile selfish unhappy unhelpful cynical needy unimaginative inane brash cruel ignorant irrational distant childish boastful blasé imperceptive weak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

Dominant Traits

100% of people think that Yvonne Kuan is simple
100% of people think that Yvonne Kuan is loud
100% of people think that Yvonne Kuan is overdramatic

All Percentages

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violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (100%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational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

Description Breakdown (2 people)

Jackie thinks: simple, chaotic, loud, overdramatic, predictable.
dawn thinks: simple, loud, timid, overdramatic, impatient.

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> 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> timid, simple, chaotic, loud, overdramatic, 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> intolerant, inflexible, panicky, inattentive</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, cowardly, violent, aloof, glum, stupid, insecure, irresponsible, vulgar, lethargic, withdrawn, hostile, selfish, unhappy, unhelpful, cynical, needy, unimaginative, inane, brash, cruel, ignorant, irrational, distant, childish, boastful, blasé, imperceptive, weak, embarrassed, vacuous, unethical, insensitive, self-satisfied, passive, smug, rash, dispassionate, dull, callous, unreliable, cold, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>100% of people think that Yvonne Kuan is simple 100% of people think that Yvonne Kuan is loud 100% of people think that Yvonne Kuan is overdramatic <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (50%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (100%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (0%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (50%) impatient (50%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (100%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (100%) dull (0%) predictable (50%) 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="https://kevan.org/nohari">Nohari Window</a> on 1.11.2026, using data from 2 respondents. You can <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari?view=Yvonne Kuan">view Yvonne Kuan's full data</a>. </div>

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