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overdramatic	Unknown incompetent intolerant inflexible cowardly violent glum stupid simple irresponsible vulgar withdrawn hostile selfish unhappy unhelpful cynical unimaginative inane brash cruel ignorant childish boastful blasé imperceptive chaotic weak embarrassed loud vacuous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

Dominant Traits

66% of people agree that rachelstiltsken is timid
66% of people think that rachelstiltsken is lethargic
66% of people think that rachelstiltsken is insensitive
66% of people agree that rachelstiltsken is passive

All Percentages

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(0%) aloof (33%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (33%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (66%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (33%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%)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

Description Breakdown (3 people)

Paul thinks: passive, needy, impatient, distant, lethargic.
Sarah thinks: aloof, dull, insecure, timid, insensitive.
Hannah Banana thinks: lethargic, passive, predictable, timid, 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> timid, insecure, needy, passive</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, lethargic, distant, impatient, insensitive, dull, 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> irrational, overdramatic</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, vulgar, withdrawn, hostile, selfish, unhappy, unhelpful, cynical, unimaginative, inane, brash, cruel, ignorant, childish, boastful, blasé, imperceptive, chaotic, weak, embarrassed, loud, vacuous, panicky, unethical, self-satisfied, smug, rash, dispassionate, callous, inattentive, unreliable, cold, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>66% of people agree that rachelstiltsken is timid 66% of people think that rachelstiltsken is lethargic 66% of people think that rachelstiltsken is insensitive 66% of people agree that rachelstiltsken is passive <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (66%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (33%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (33%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (66%) withdrawn (0%) 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 (33%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (33%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (66%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (66%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (33%) predictable (33%) 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 9.6.2026, 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=rachelstiltsken">view rachelstiltsken's full data</a>. </div>

The Nohari Window was tinted by Kevan on the 12th of February 2006.
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