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Known to Others	Arena brash smug unreliable	Blind Spot inflexible aloof withdrawn selfish unhelpful cynical blasé embarrassed loud self-satisfied rash dispassionate predictable callous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

All Percentages

incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (25%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (50%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (25%) hostile (0%) selfish (25%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (25%) cynical (50%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (25%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (0%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (25%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (25%) loud (25%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (50%) passive (0%) smug (25%) rash (25%) dispassionate (25%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (25%) callous (25%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (50%) cold (0%) foolish (0%) humourless (0%)

Description Breakdown (4 people)

deep_friar thinks: rash, unreliable, cynical, dispassionate, smug.
anonymous thinks: aloof, embarrassed, withdrawn, self-satisfied, predictable.
Arthur thinks: blasé, callous, brash, loud, cynical.
Waterflute thinks: inflexible, aloof, unhelpful, selfish, self-satisfied, unreliable.

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> brash, smug, unreliable</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> inflexible, aloof, withdrawn, selfish, unhelpful, cynical, blasé, embarrassed, loud, self-satisfied, rash, dispassionate, 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> irresponsible, lethargic, boastful</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, timid, cowardly, violent, glum, stupid, simple, insecure, vulgar, hostile, unhappy, needy, unimaginative, inane, cruel, ignorant, irrational, distant, childish, imperceptive, chaotic, impatient, weak, vacuous, panicky, unethical, insensitive, passive, overdramatic, dull, inattentive, cold, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (25%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (50%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (25%) hostile (0%) selfish (25%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (25%) cynical (50%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (25%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (0%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (25%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (25%) loud (25%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (50%) passive (0%) smug (25%) rash (25%) dispassionate (25%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (25%) callous (25%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (50%) 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 17.6.2026, using data from 4 respondents. You can <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari?view=creed_of_hubris">view creed_of_hubris'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.