born2smile'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 simple insecure needy childish	Blind Spot timid violent vulgar cynical cruel irrational distant boastful weak embarrassed panicky self-satisfied passive overdramatic predictable unreliable
Not Known to Others	Façade incompetent ignorant	Unknown intolerant inflexible cowardly aloof glum stupid irresponsible lethargic withdrawn hostile selfish unhappy unhelpful unimaginative inane brash blasé imperceptive chaotic impatient loud vacuous unethical insensitive smug rash dispassionate dull callous inattentive cold foolish humourless
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.)

Dominant Traits

60% of people agree that born2smile is childish

All Percentages

incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (20%) cowardly (0%) violent (20%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (40%) insecure (40%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (20%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (20%) needy (40%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (20%) ignorant (0%) irrational (20%) distant (20%) childish (60%) boastful (20%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (20%) embarrassed (20%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (40%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (20%) passive (20%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (20%) dull (0%) predictable (20%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (20%) cold (0%) foolish (0%) humourless (0%)

Description Breakdown (5 people)

Sookie thinks: insecure, childish, simple, panicky, needy.
AK thinks: violent, cruel, boastful, unreliable, vulgar.
Aaron thinks: insecure, needy, irrational, childish, weak, overdramatic.
Me...JOlvin! thinks: embarrassed, cynical, self-satisfied, panicky, childish.
Tortoise thinks: timid, distant, passive, predictable, simple.

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> simple, insecure, needy, childish</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, violent, vulgar, cynical, cruel, irrational, distant, boastful, weak, embarrassed, panicky, self-satisfied, passive, overdramatic, predictable, unreliable</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> incompetent, ignorant</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> intolerant, inflexible, cowardly, aloof, glum, stupid, irresponsible, lethargic, withdrawn, hostile, selfish, unhappy, unhelpful, unimaginative, inane, brash, blasé, imperceptive, chaotic, impatient, loud, vacuous, unethical, insensitive, smug, rash, dispassionate, dull, callous, inattentive, cold, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>60% of people agree that born2smile is childish <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (20%) cowardly (0%) violent (20%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (40%) insecure (40%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (20%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (20%) needy (40%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (20%) ignorant (0%) irrational (20%) distant (20%) childish (60%) boastful (20%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (20%) embarrassed (20%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (40%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (20%) passive (20%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (20%) dull (0%) predictable (20%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (20%) 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 10.6.2026, using data from 5 respondents. You can <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari?view=born2smile">view born2smile'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.