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Known to Others	Arena timid cynical	Blind Spot insecure irresponsible withdrawn unhappy impatient weak panicky unethical insensitive passive rash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

Dominant Traits

66% of people agree that soaringshining is timid
66% of people think that soaringshining is unhappy

All Percentages

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violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (33%) irresponsible (33%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (33%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (66%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (33%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%)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

Description Breakdown (3 people)

Steve thinks: panicky, impatient, timid, insensitive, unethical.
Daniii thinks: unhappy, withdrawn, insecure, irresponsible, rash.
Sammay thinks: unhappy, passive, weak, cynical, timid.

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, cynical</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> insecure, irresponsible, withdrawn, unhappy, impatient, weak, panicky, unethical, insensitive, passive, rash</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> vulgar, brash, chaotic, foolish</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, aloof, glum, stupid, simple, lethargic, hostile, selfish, unhelpful, needy, unimaginative, inane, cruel, ignorant, irrational, distant, childish, boastful, blasé, imperceptive, embarrassed, loud, vacuous, self-satisfied, smug, dispassionate, overdramatic, dull, predictable, callous, inattentive, unreliable, cold, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>66% of people agree that soaringshining is timid 66% of people think that soaringshining is unhappy <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (66%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (33%) irresponsible (33%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (33%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (66%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (33%) needy (0%) 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 (33%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (33%) unethical (33%) insensitive (33%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (33%) smug (0%) rash (33%) 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 10.6.2026, 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=soaringshining">view soaringshining'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.