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Known to Others	Façade childish rash inattentive	Unknown incompetent inflexible timid cowardly violent stupid lethargic withdrawn unhappy unhelpful cynical needy unimaginative inane ignorant irrational blasé imperceptive chaotic weak embarrassed vacuous panicky unethical self-satisfied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

Dominant Traits

75% of people agree that drivefaster is insecure

All Percentages

incompetent (0%) intolerant (25%) inflexible (0%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (25%) glum (25%) stupid (0%) simple (25%) insecure (75%) irresponsible (25%) vulgar (25%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (25%) selfish (25%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (50%) cruel (25%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (25%) childish (0%) boastful (25%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (25%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (25%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (25%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) smug (25%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (25%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (25%) humourless (0%)

Description Breakdown (4 people)

anonymous thinks: aloof, insecure, callous, brash, impatient.
wan zhen thinks: insecure, loud, simple, selfish, foolish, boastful.
Chmel thinks: intolerant, cruel, brash, smug, insensitive, hostile.
Chiisu thinks: glum, insecure, irresponsible, vulgar, distant.

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, selfish, insensitive</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, aloof, glum, simple, irresponsible, vulgar, hostile, brash, cruel, distant, boastful, impatient, loud, smug, callous, foolish</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> childish, rash, inattentive</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, violent, stupid, lethargic, withdrawn, unhappy, unhelpful, cynical, needy, unimaginative, inane, ignorant, irrational, blasé, imperceptive, chaotic, weak, embarrassed, vacuous, panicky, unethical, self-satisfied, passive, dispassionate, overdramatic, dull, predictable, unreliable, cold, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>75% of people agree that drivefaster is insecure <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (25%) inflexible (0%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (25%) glum (25%) stupid (0%) simple (25%) insecure (75%) irresponsible (25%) vulgar (25%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (25%) selfish (25%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (50%) cruel (25%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (25%) childish (0%) boastful (25%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (25%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (25%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (25%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) smug (25%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (25%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (25%) 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 4 respondents. You can <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari?view=drivefaster">view drivefaster'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.