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inattentive	Unknown incompetent inflexible cowardly violent aloof glum stupid simple irresponsible vulgar lethargic withdrawn hostile unhappy unhelpful unimaginative inane brash cruel distant childish boastful imperceptive chaotic impatient weak loud vacuous unethical self-satisfied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

Dominant Traits

100% of people think that sherlene is insecure
100% of people think that sherlene is overdramatic

All Percentages

incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (50%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (100%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (50%) needy (50%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (50%) distant (0%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (50%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (50%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (50%) unethical (0%) insensitive (50%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (100%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (0%) humourless (0%)

Description Breakdown (2 people)

leon! thinks: timid, embarrassed, insecure, blasé, overdramatic, cynical.
jasonphoon thinks: insecure, needy, irrational, panicky, overdramatic, 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> 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> timid, insecure, cynical, needy, irrational, blasé, embarrassed, insensitive, overdramatic</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> intolerant, selfish, ignorant, passive, inattentive</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, inflexible, cowardly, violent, aloof, glum, stupid, simple, irresponsible, vulgar, lethargic, withdrawn, hostile, unhappy, unhelpful, unimaginative, inane, brash, cruel, distant, childish, boastful, imperceptive, chaotic, impatient, weak, loud, vacuous, unethical, self-satisfied, smug, rash, dispassionate, dull, predictable, callous, unreliable, cold, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>100% of people think that sherlene is insecure 100% of people think that sherlene is overdramatic <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (50%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (100%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (50%) needy (50%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (50%) distant (0%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (50%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (50%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (50%) unethical (0%) insensitive (50%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (100%) 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 26.4.2026, using data from 2 respondents. You can <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari?view=sherlene">view sherlene'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.