nkyj'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 nkyj's.

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Known to Others	Arena aloof lethargic cynical distant childish	Blind Spot timid insecure vulgar withdrawn unhappy inane weak passive smug dispassionate inattentive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

Dominant Traits

60% of people think that nkyj is passive

All Percentages

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(0%) aloof (40%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (40%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (40%) lethargic (40%) withdrawn (40%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (20%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (20%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (20%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%)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

Description Breakdown (5 people)

Ge thinks: lethargic, insecure, passive, childish, timid.
alicia thinks: insecure, weak, timid, vulgar, lethargic.
kiwi thinks: aloof, unhappy, passive, inattentive, dispassionate.
miew thinks: withdrawn, childish, vulgar, passive, distant.
Daphne thinks: cynical, inane, smug, aloof, withdrawn.

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, lethargic, cynical, distant, childish</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, insecure, vulgar, withdrawn, unhappy, inane, weak, passive, smug, dispassionate, 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> 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, cowardly, violent, glum, stupid, simple, irresponsible, hostile, selfish, unhelpful, needy, unimaginative, brash, cruel, ignorant, irrational, boastful, imperceptive, chaotic, impatient, embarrassed, loud, vacuous, panicky, unethical, insensitive, self-satisfied, rash, overdramatic, dull, predictable, callous, unreliable, cold, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>60% of people think that nkyj is passive <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (40%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (40%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (40%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (40%) lethargic (40%) withdrawn (40%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (20%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (20%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (20%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (20%) childish (40%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (20%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (60%) smug (20%) rash (0%) dispassionate (20%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (20%) 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 6.11.2026, 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=nkyj">view nkyj'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.