oofali'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 oofali's.

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Known to Others	Arena simple insecure overdramatic	Blind Spot intolerant inflexible aloof withdrawn hostile selfish cynical ignorant irrational distant chaotic embarrassed panicky insensitive rash dull foolish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

Dominant Traits

60% of people think that oofali is intolerant

All Percentages

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(0%) aloof (20%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (40%) insecure (20%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (20%) hostile (20%) selfish (20%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (20%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (20%)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

Description Breakdown (5 people)

i think you're an ign'ant fool thinks: irrational, rash, foolish, ignorant, embarrassed.
anonymous thinks: insecure, intolerant, overdramatic, dull, simple, distant.
Jessica thinks: withdrawn, intolerant, cynical, rash, inflexible.
pete thinks: overdramatic, aloof, chaotic, simple, panicky.
joerusso thinks: intolerant, inflexible, selfish, hostile, insensitive.

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> simple, insecure, 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> intolerant, inflexible, aloof, withdrawn, hostile, selfish, cynical, ignorant, irrational, distant, chaotic, embarrassed, panicky, insensitive, rash, dull, 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> unhelpful, impatient</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, timid, cowardly, violent, glum, stupid, irresponsible, vulgar, lethargic, unhappy, needy, unimaginative, inane, brash, cruel, childish, boastful, blasé, imperceptive, weak, loud, vacuous, unethical, self-satisfied, passive, smug, dispassionate, predictable, callous, inattentive, unreliable, cold, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>60% of people think that oofali is intolerant <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (60%) inflexible (40%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (20%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (40%) insecure (20%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (20%) hostile (20%) selfish (20%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (20%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (20%) irrational (20%) distant (20%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (20%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (20%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (20%) unethical (0%) insensitive (20%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) smug (0%) rash (40%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (40%) dull (20%) 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 7.2.2025, 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=oofali">view oofali'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.