szara'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 szara's.

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Known to Others	Arena impatient	Blind Spot aloof glum insecure withdrawn unhappy needy brash irrational distant boastful imperceptive embarrassed rash overdramatic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

Dominant Traits

75% of people think that szara is overdramatic

All Percentages

incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (50%) glum (25%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (25%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (25%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (50%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (50%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (25%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (25%) distant (25%) childish (0%) boastful (25%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (25%) chaotic (0%) impatient (25%) weak (0%) embarrassed (25%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) smug (0%) rash (25%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (75%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (0%) humourless (0%)

Description Breakdown (4 people)

welfy thinks: glum, withdrawn, aloof, distant, unhappy.
me thinks: imperceptive, needy, overdramatic, unhappy, rash.
Miquel thinks: aloof, needy, impatient, embarrassed, overdramatic.
interested thinks: insecure, brash, irrational, overdramatic, boastful.

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> impatient</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, glum, insecure, withdrawn, unhappy, needy, brash, irrational, distant, boastful, imperceptive, embarrassed, rash, 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> irresponsible, selfish, unimaginative, 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, intolerant, inflexible, timid, cowardly, violent, stupid, simple, vulgar, lethargic, hostile, unhelpful, cynical, inane, cruel, ignorant, childish, blasé, chaotic, weak, loud, vacuous, panicky, unethical, insensitive, self-satisfied, passive, smug, dispassionate, dull, predictable, callous, unreliable, cold, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>75% of people think that szara is overdramatic <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (50%) glum (25%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (25%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (25%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (50%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (50%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (25%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (25%) distant (25%) childish (0%) boastful (25%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (25%) chaotic (0%) impatient (25%) weak (0%) embarrassed (25%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) smug (0%) rash (25%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (75%) 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 11.6.2026, using data from 4 respondents. You can <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari?view=szara">view szara'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.