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Not Known to Others	Façade boastful	Unknown incompetent intolerant violent glum stupid irresponsible vulgar lethargic withdrawn hostile unhelpful needy unimaginative brash cruel ignorant irrational imperceptive chaotic embarrassed loud vacuous panicky self-satisfied smug rash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

Dominant Traits

60% of people think that kelvvy is aloof
60% of people agree that kelvvy is cynical

All Percentages

incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (20%) timid (20%) cowardly (20%) violent (0%) aloof (60%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (20%) insecure (20%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (20%) unhappy (40%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (60%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (20%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (20%) childish (20%) boastful (0%) blasé (20%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (20%) weak (20%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (20%) insensitive (20%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (20%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (20%) dull (20%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (0%) humourless (0%)

Description Breakdown (5 people)

albert thinks: overdramatic, unhappy, timid, cowardly, unethical.
carole =) thinks: impatient, simple, cynical, blasé, aloof.
Bibi thinks: insecure, unhappy, cynical, passive, weak.
ruoxin thinks: aloof, inflexible, insensitive, selfish, distant.
hello thinks: inane, dull, , aloof, cynical, childish.

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, insecure, selfish, cynical</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, cowardly, aloof, simple, unhappy, inane, distant, childish, blasé, impatient, weak, unethical, insensitive, passive, overdramatic, dull</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> 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, violent, glum, stupid, irresponsible, vulgar, lethargic, withdrawn, hostile, unhelpful, needy, unimaginative, brash, cruel, ignorant, irrational, imperceptive, chaotic, embarrassed, loud, vacuous, panicky, self-satisfied, smug, rash, dispassionate, predictable, callous, inattentive, unreliable, cold, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>60% of people think that kelvvy is aloof 60% of people agree that kelvvy is cynical <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (20%) timid (20%) cowardly (20%) violent (0%) aloof (60%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (20%) insecure (20%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (20%) unhappy (40%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (60%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (20%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (20%) childish (20%) boastful (0%) blasé (20%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (20%) weak (20%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (20%) insensitive (20%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (20%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (20%) dull (20%) 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 25.8.2026, using data from 5 respondents. You can <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari?view=kelvvy">view kelvvy'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.