maiface'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 aloof boastful overdramatic	Blind Spot incompetent unhelpful brash distant childish chaotic impatient loud panicky smug rash
Not Known to Others	Façade selfish inane insensitive	Unknown intolerant inflexible timid cowardly violent glum stupid simple insecure irresponsible vulgar lethargic withdrawn hostile unhappy cynical needy unimaginative cruel ignorant irrational blasé imperceptive weak embarrassed vacuous unethical self-satisfied passive 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 think that maiface is loud

All Percentages

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violent (0%) aloof (33%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (33%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (33%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%)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

Description Breakdown (3 people)

Meg thinks: impatient, panicky, rash, aloof, loud.
Sylver thinks: loud, overdramatic, chaotic, boastful, smug.
Anonymous thinks: incompetent, unhelpful, brash, distant, 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> aloof, boastful, 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> incompetent, unhelpful, brash, distant, childish, chaotic, impatient, loud, panicky, smug, 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, inane, insensitive</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> intolerant, inflexible, timid, cowardly, violent, glum, stupid, simple, insecure, irresponsible, vulgar, lethargic, withdrawn, hostile, unhappy, cynical, needy, unimaginative, cruel, ignorant, irrational, blasé, imperceptive, weak, embarrassed, vacuous, unethical, self-satisfied, passive, dispassionate, dull, predictable, callous, inattentive, unreliable, cold, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>66% of people think that maiface is loud <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (33%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (33%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (33%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (33%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (33%) childish (33%) boastful (33%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (33%) impatient (33%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (66%) vacuous (0%) panicky (33%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) smug (33%) rash (33%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (33%) 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 11.6.2026, 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=maiface">view maiface'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.