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Known to Others	Arena aloof insecure cynical passive	Blind Spot timid cowardly glum simple withdrawn needy distant weak embarrassed overdramatic foolish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

Dominant Traits

80% of people think that maishoku is timid
60% of people agree that maishoku is insecure
60% of people think that maishoku is withdrawn

All Percentages

incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (80%) cowardly (20%) violent (0%) aloof (40%) glum (20%) stupid (0%) simple (20%) insecure (60%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (60%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (40%) needy (20%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (40%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (40%) embarrassed (20%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (20%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (20%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (20%) humourless (0%)

Description Breakdown (5 people)

joe thinks: needy, weak, foolish, aloof, simple, timid.
wannatee thinks: withdrawn, insecure, timid, passive, cynical.
Anon thinks: distant, cynical, withdrawn, insecure, glum.
eri thinks: overdramatic, embarrassed, insecure, withdrawn, weak, timid.
sharlmiya thinks: , aloof, cowardly, timid, 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> aloof, insecure, cynical, passive</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, glum, simple, withdrawn, needy, distant, weak, embarrassed, overdramatic, 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> lethargic, blasé</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, violent, stupid, irresponsible, vulgar, hostile, selfish, unhappy, unhelpful, unimaginative, inane, brash, cruel, ignorant, irrational, childish, boastful, imperceptive, chaotic, impatient, loud, vacuous, panicky, unethical, insensitive, self-satisfied, smug, rash, dispassionate, dull, predictable, callous, inattentive, unreliable, cold, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>80% of people think that maishoku is timid 60% of people agree that maishoku is insecure 60% of people think that maishoku is withdrawn <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (80%) cowardly (20%) violent (0%) aloof (40%) glum (20%) stupid (0%) simple (20%) insecure (60%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (60%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (40%) needy (20%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (40%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (40%) embarrassed (20%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (20%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (20%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (20%) 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 27.1.2025, using data from 5 respondents. You can <a href="http://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="http://kevan.org/nohari?view=maishoku">view maishoku'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.