char_ang'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.

You can get your own Nohari Window, or contribute to char_ang's.

	Known to Self	Not Known to Self
Known to Others	Arena simple	Blind Spot timid lethargic withdrawn distant childish embarrassed loud panicky passive overdramatic inattentive
Not Known to Others	Façade incompetent insecure unimaginative smug predictable	Unknown intolerant inflexible cowardly violent aloof glum stupid irresponsible vulgar hostile selfish unhappy unhelpful cynical needy inane brash cruel ignorant irrational boastful blasé imperceptive chaotic impatient weak vacuous unethical insensitive self-satisfied 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 char_ang is timid
66% of people think that char_ang is childish
66% of people think that char_ang is passive

All Percentages

incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (100%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (33%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (33%) withdrawn (33%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%)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 (33%) childish (66%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (33%) loud (33%) vacuous (0%) panicky (33%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (66%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (33%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (33%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (0%) humourless (0%)

Description Breakdown (3 people)

mau thinks: passive, timid, withdrawn, distant, panicky.
czarina thinks: simple, childish, inattentive, overdramatic, timid.
This was bloody hard! thinks: embarrassed, passive, timid, childish, loud, lethargic.

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</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, lethargic, withdrawn, distant, childish, embarrassed, loud, panicky, passive, overdramatic, inattentive</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, insecure, unimaginative, smug, predictable</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, violent, aloof, glum, stupid, irresponsible, vulgar, hostile, selfish, unhappy, unhelpful, cynical, needy, inane, brash, cruel, ignorant, irrational, boastful, blasé, imperceptive, chaotic, impatient, weak, vacuous, unethical, insensitive, self-satisfied, rash, dispassionate, dull, callous, unreliable, cold, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>100% of people think that char_ang is timid 66% of people think that char_ang is childish 66% of people think that char_ang is passive <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (100%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (33%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (33%) withdrawn (33%) 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 (33%) childish (66%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (33%) loud (33%) vacuous (0%) panicky (33%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (66%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (33%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (33%) 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 10.6.2026, 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=char_ang">view char_ang'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.