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incompetent intolerant inflexible timid cowardly violent aloof glum stupid simple irresponsible vulgar lethargic withdrawn hostile unhappy unhelpful unimaginative inane cruel ignorant distant blasé imperceptive weak embarrassed vacuous panicky unethical insensitive self-satisfied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

Dominant Traits

66% of people agree that esherb is cynical
66% of people think that esherb is childish
66% of people think that esherb is chaotic
66% of people think that esherb is loud
66% of people agree that esherb is overdramatic

All Percentages

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violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (33%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (66%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (33%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%)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

Description Breakdown (3 people)

Blaise thinks: irrational, childish, chaotic, loud, overdramatic.
andrea thinks: insecure, overdramatic, rash, cynical, brash.
lynsey thinks: loud, childish, impatient, cynical, chaotic.

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, impatient, overdramatic</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> insecure, brash, irrational, childish, chaotic, loud, rash</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> selfish, needy, 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, inflexible, timid, cowardly, violent, aloof, glum, stupid, simple, irresponsible, vulgar, lethargic, withdrawn, hostile, unhappy, unhelpful, unimaginative, inane, cruel, ignorant, distant, blasé, imperceptive, weak, embarrassed, vacuous, panicky, unethical, insensitive, self-satisfied, passive, smug, dispassionate, dull, predictable, callous, inattentive, unreliable, cold, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>66% of people agree that esherb is cynical 66% of people think that esherb is childish 66% of people think that esherb is chaotic 66% of people think that esherb is loud 66% of people agree that esherb is overdramatic <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (33%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (66%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (33%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (33%) distant (0%) childish (66%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (66%) impatient (33%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (66%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) smug (0%) rash (33%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (66%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) 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 9.6.2026, 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=esherb">view esherb'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.