ngmy'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.

You can get your own Nohari Window, or contribute to ngmy's.

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Known to Others	Arena aloof childish passive	Blind Spot intolerant timid simple lethargic withdrawn hostile cynical brash distant blasé chaotic impatient embarrassed rash predictable cold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

Dominant Traits

100% of people think that ngmy is cynical

All Percentages

incompetent (0%) intolerant (33%) inflexible (0%) timid (16%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (50%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (16%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (33%) withdrawn (33%) hostile (16%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (100%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (16%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (16%) childish (16%) boastful (0%) blasé (16%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (16%) impatient (16%) weak (0%) embarrassed (16%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (50%) smug (0%) rash (16%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (33%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (16%) foolish (0%) humourless (0%)

Description Breakdown (6 people)

yz thinks: cynical, simple, rash, childish, predictable.
Mariah thinks: cynical, lethargic, embarrassed, brash, chaotic.
dan thinks: cynical, intolerant, cold, distant, withdrawn, aloof.
xueyin thinks: timid, passive, impatient, predictable, cynical.
ziyu thinks: cynical, passive, hostile, intolerant, aloof.
carmen thinks: cynical, passive, withdrawn, lethargic, aloof, blasé.

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, childish, 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> intolerant, timid, simple, lethargic, withdrawn, hostile, cynical, brash, distant, blasé, chaotic, impatient, embarrassed, rash, predictable, cold</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> insecure, inane, ignorant</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, inflexible, cowardly, violent, glum, stupid, irresponsible, vulgar, selfish, unhappy, unhelpful, needy, unimaginative, cruel, irrational, boastful, imperceptive, weak, loud, vacuous, panicky, unethical, insensitive, self-satisfied, smug, dispassionate, overdramatic, dull, callous, inattentive, unreliable, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>100% of people think that ngmy is cynical <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (33%) inflexible (0%) timid (16%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (50%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (16%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (33%) withdrawn (33%) hostile (16%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (100%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (16%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (16%) childish (16%) boastful (0%) blasé (16%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (16%) impatient (16%) weak (0%) embarrassed (16%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (50%) smug (0%) rash (16%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (33%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (16%) 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 8.5.2026, using data from 6 respondents. You can <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari?view=ngmy">view ngmy'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.