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Not Known to Others	Façade irresponsible withdrawn embarrassed	Unknown incompetent inflexible timid cowardly glum stupid vulgar selfish unhappy unhelpful needy unimaginative inane brash ignorant boastful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

Dominant Traits

60% of people think that bourne_c is aloof
60% of people agree that bourne_c is cynical

All Percentages

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(20%) aloof (60%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (20%) insecure (20%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (20%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (20%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (60%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (20%) ignorant (0%)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

Description Breakdown (5 people)

chloe thinks: insensitive, aloof, smug, simple, impatient.
Chinz thinks: lethargic, aloof, childish, cynical, irrational.
BX thinks: passive, predictable, insecure, distant, aloof.
kev thinks: impatient, intolerant, cynical, blasé, violent.
Shaz thinks: overdramatic, hostile, self-satisfied, cynical, cruel, 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> cynical, distant, passive</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> intolerant, violent, aloof, simple, insecure, lethargic, hostile, cruel, irrational, childish, blasé, impatient, insensitive, self-satisfied, smug, 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> irresponsible, withdrawn, embarrassed</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, inflexible, timid, cowardly, glum, stupid, vulgar, selfish, unhappy, unhelpful, needy, unimaginative, inane, brash, ignorant, boastful, imperceptive, chaotic, weak, loud, vacuous, panicky, unethical, rash, dispassionate, dull, callous, inattentive, unreliable, cold, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>60% of people think that bourne_c is aloof 60% of people agree that bourne_c is cynical <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (20%) inflexible (0%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (20%) aloof (60%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (20%) insecure (20%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (20%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (20%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (60%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (20%) ignorant (0%) irrational (20%) distant (20%) childish (40%) boastful (0%) blasé (20%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (40%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (20%) self-satisfied (20%) passive (20%) smug (20%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (20%) dull (0%) predictable (20%) 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 14.4.2026, 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=bourne_c">view bourne_c'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.