psocoptera'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.

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Known to Others	Arena glum insecure needy panicky	Blind Spot intolerant inflexible timid lethargic withdrawn impatient insensitive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

Dominant Traits

66% of people think that psocoptera is inflexible
66% of people think that psocoptera is timid
66% of people think that psocoptera is lethargic
66% of people agree that psocoptera is panicky

All Percentages

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(0%) aloof (0%) glum (33%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (33%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (66%) withdrawn (33%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (33%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%)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

Description Breakdown (3 people)

irilyth thinks: inflexible, insecure, panicky, lethargic, timid.
jdh92 thinks: needy, panicky, inflexible, timid, impatient.
a thinks: lethargic, glum, insensitive, intolerant, withdrawn.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> glum, insecure, needy, 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> intolerant, inflexible, timid, lethargic, withdrawn, impatient, insensitive</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> passive, unreliable</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, cowardly, violent, aloof, stupid, simple, irresponsible, vulgar, hostile, selfish, unhappy, unhelpful, cynical, unimaginative, inane, brash, cruel, ignorant, irrational, distant, childish, boastful, blasé, imperceptive, chaotic, weak, embarrassed, loud, vacuous, unethical, self-satisfied, smug, rash, dispassionate, overdramatic, dull, predictable, callous, inattentive, cold, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>66% of people think that psocoptera is inflexible 66% of people think that psocoptera is timid 66% of people think that psocoptera is lethargic 66% of people agree that psocoptera is panicky <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (33%) inflexible (66%) timid (66%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (33%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (33%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (66%) withdrawn (33%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (33%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (0%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (33%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (66%) unethical (0%) insensitive (33%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) 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 23.5.2026, 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=psocoptera">view psocoptera'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.