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Façade aloof distant blasé	Unknown incompetent intolerant inflexible timid violent glum irresponsible vulgar lethargic withdrawn hostile unhelpful cynical needy inane brash cruel irrational childish boastful imperceptive chaotic impatient embarrassed loud vacuous panicky unethical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

Dominant Traits

66% of people think that apathy is cowardly
66% of people think that apathy is stupid
66% of people think that apathy is dispassionate

All Percentages

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(0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (66%) simple (33%) insecure (33%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (33%) unhappy (33%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (33%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (33%)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

Description Breakdown (3 people)

... thinks: simple, insecure, unimaginative, predictable, dull.
... thinks: passive, stupid, ignorant, dispassionate, cowardly, callous.
!@$% thinks: dispassionate, selfish, stupid, cowardly, weak, unhappy.

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> insecure, unimaginative</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> cowardly, stupid, simple, selfish, unhappy, ignorant, weak, passive, dispassionate, dull, predictable, callous</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> aloof, distant, blasé</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, violent, glum, irresponsible, vulgar, lethargic, withdrawn, hostile, unhelpful, cynical, needy, inane, brash, cruel, irrational, childish, boastful, imperceptive, chaotic, impatient, embarrassed, loud, vacuous, panicky, unethical, insensitive, self-satisfied, smug, rash, overdramatic, inattentive, unreliable, cold, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>66% of people think that apathy is cowardly 66% of people think that apathy is stupid 66% of people think that apathy is dispassionate <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (0%) cowardly (66%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (66%) simple (33%) insecure (33%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (33%) unhappy (33%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (33%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (33%) irrational (0%) distant (0%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (33%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (33%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (66%) overdramatic (0%) dull (33%) predictable (33%) callous (33%) 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 9.6.2026, using data from 3 respondents. You can <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari?view=apathy">view apathy'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.