ply'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 ply's.

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Unknown incompetent intolerant timid cowardly violent aloof glum stupid simple insecure irresponsible lethargic withdrawn hostile selfish unhappy unhelpful cynical needy unimaginative inane cruel ignorant irrational blasé imperceptive embarrassed loud vacuous panicky insensitive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

Dominant Traits

66% of people think that ply is brash
66% of people think that ply is distant
66% of people agree that ply is self-satisfied
66% of people agree that ply is smug
66% of people think that ply is predictable

All Percentages

incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (33%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (66%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (66%) childish (33%) boastful (33%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (33%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (33%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (66%) passive (0%) smug (66%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (66%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (0%) humourless (0%)

Description Breakdown (3 people)

penis thinks: distant, self-satisfied, predictable, smug, brash.
Anonymous thinks: distant, brash, vulgar, self-satisfied, smug.
Jjjju thinks: boastful, childish, weak, unethical, predictable.

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> self-satisfied, smug</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> vulgar, brash, distant, childish, boastful, weak, unethical, predictable</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> inflexible, chaotic, 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, intolerant, timid, cowardly, violent, aloof, glum, stupid, simple, insecure, irresponsible, lethargic, withdrawn, hostile, selfish, unhappy, unhelpful, cynical, needy, unimaginative, inane, cruel, ignorant, irrational, blasé, imperceptive, embarrassed, loud, vacuous, panicky, insensitive, passive, rash, dispassionate, overdramatic, dull, callous, inattentive, unreliable, cold, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>66% of people think that ply is brash 66% of people think that ply is distant 66% of people agree that ply is self-satisfied 66% of people agree that ply is smug 66% of people think that ply is predictable <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (33%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (66%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (66%) childish (33%) boastful (33%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (33%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (33%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (66%) passive (0%) smug (66%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (66%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) 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 18.7.2026, using data from 3 respondents. You can <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari?view=ply">view ply'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.