tea'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 tea's.

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Not Known to Others	Façade timid withdrawn passive	Unknown incompetent intolerant inflexible violent stupid simple irresponsible lethargic unhelpful cynical brash ignorant distant boastful blasé chaotic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

All Percentages

incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (0%) cowardly (16%) violent (0%) aloof (16%) glum (16%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (33%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (50%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (16%) selfish (16%) unhappy (33%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (33%) unimaginative (16%) inane (16%) brash (0%) cruel (16%) ignorant (0%) irrational (33%) distant (0%) childish (16%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (16%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (16%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (33%) unethical (16%) insensitive (16%) self-satisfied (33%) passive (0%) smug (33%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (16%) cold (0%) foolish (16%) humourless (33%)

Description Breakdown (6 people)

Katie thinks: insecure, needy, panicky, glum, imperceptive.
glapsi thinks: humourless, cowardly, inane, unethical, weak, vulgar.
grett thinks: unreliable, foolish, irrational, unimaginative, vulgar, unhappy.
dootsdie thinks: smug, irrational, smug, self-satisfied, vulgar.
being honest thinks: insecure, childish, needy, selfish, unhappy, panicky.
. thinks: hostile, insensitive, cruel, humourless, self-satisfied, aloof.

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> insecure, irrational, 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> cowardly, aloof, glum, vulgar, hostile, selfish, unhappy, needy, unimaginative, inane, cruel, childish, imperceptive, weak, unethical, insensitive, self-satisfied, smug, unreliable, foolish, humourless</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> timid, withdrawn, passive</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, violent, stupid, simple, irresponsible, lethargic, unhelpful, cynical, brash, ignorant, distant, boastful, blasé, chaotic, impatient, embarrassed, loud, vacuous, rash, dispassionate, overdramatic, dull, predictable, callous, inattentive, cold</td></tr></table> <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (0%) cowardly (16%) violent (0%) aloof (16%) glum (16%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (33%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (50%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (16%) selfish (16%) unhappy (33%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (33%) unimaginative (16%) inane (16%) brash (0%) cruel (16%) ignorant (0%) irrational (33%) distant (0%) childish (16%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (16%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (16%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (33%) unethical (16%) insensitive (16%) self-satisfied (33%) passive (0%) smug (33%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (16%) cold (0%) foolish (16%) humourless (33%) <div style="border:1px solid #000; padding:8px; text-align:center;background:#eee"> Created by the <a href="http://kevan.org/nohari">Nohari Window</a> on 29.6.2025, using data from 6 respondents. You can <a href="http://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="http://kevan.org/nohari?view=tea">view tea'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.