pinkbee'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 pinkbee's.

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Known to Others	Arena timid weak embarrassed panicky	Blind Spot aloof simple insecure withdrawn needy unimaginative distant childish chaotic impatient loud passive inattentive cold humourless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

All Percentages

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(0%) aloof (20%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (40%) insecure (40%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (40%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (20%) unimaginative (20%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%)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

Description Breakdown (5 people)

liwen thinks: embarrassed, inattentive, unimaginative, childish, weak.
audreeee! thinks: passive, withdrawn, aloof, insecure, distant.
wanni thinks: weak, timid, insecure, cold, humourless.
Adeline thinks: simple, humourless, timid, impatient, loud.
george thinks: simple, withdrawn, needy, chaotic, panicky.

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> timid, weak, embarrassed, panicky</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> aloof, simple, insecure, withdrawn, needy, unimaginative, distant, childish, chaotic, impatient, loud, passive, inattentive, cold, humourless</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> cowardly</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, glum, stupid, irresponsible, vulgar, lethargic, hostile, selfish, unhappy, unhelpful, cynical, inane, brash, cruel, ignorant, irrational, boastful, blasé, imperceptive, vacuous, unethical, insensitive, self-satisfied, smug, rash, dispassionate, overdramatic, dull, predictable, callous, unreliable, foolish</td></tr></table> <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (40%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (20%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (40%) insecure (40%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (40%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (20%) unimaginative (20%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (20%) childish (20%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (20%) impatient (20%) weak (40%) embarrassed (20%) loud (20%) vacuous (0%) panicky (20%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (20%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (20%) unreliable (0%) cold (20%) foolish (0%) humourless (40%) <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 9.6.2026, 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=pinkbee">view pinkbee'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.