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Façade cynical cold	Unknown incompetent intolerant timid cowardly violent glum stupid irresponsible vulgar lethargic withdrawn hostile selfish unhappy unhelpful needy inane brash cruel ignorant distant childish boastful blasé imperceptive chaotic impatient vacuous panicky unethical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

Dominant Traits

66% of people agree that jren is simple

All Percentages

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(0%) aloof (33%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (66%) insecure (33%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (33%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%)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

Description Breakdown (3 people)

pw thinks: insecure, irrational, simple, loud, weak.
Valerie thinks: embarrassed, simple, unimaginative, inflexible, predictable.
gen thinks: callous, insensitive, aloof, smug, inattentive.

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> inflexible, simple, insecure, unimaginative</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> aloof, irrational, weak, embarrassed, loud, insensitive, smug, predictable, callous, 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> cynical, cold</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, irresponsible, vulgar, lethargic, withdrawn, hostile, selfish, unhappy, unhelpful, needy, inane, brash, cruel, ignorant, distant, childish, boastful, blasé, imperceptive, chaotic, impatient, vacuous, panicky, unethical, self-satisfied, passive, rash, dispassionate, overdramatic, dull, unreliable, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>66% of people agree that jren is simple <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (33%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (33%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (66%) insecure (33%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (33%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (33%) distant (0%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (33%) embarrassed (33%) loud (33%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (33%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) smug (33%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (33%) callous (33%) 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="http://kevan.org/nohari">Nohari Window</a> on 24.6.2025, using data from 3 respondents. You can <a href="http://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="http://kevan.org/nohari?view=jren">view jren's full data</a>. </div>

The Nohari Window was tinted by Kevan on the 12th of February 2006.
Any questions? Check the FAQ.
For the original positive spin, look through the Johari Window.