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Known to Others	Arena insecure distant impatient	Blind Spot timid glum simple irresponsible vulgar withdrawn unhappy needy childish embarrassed passive rash dispassionate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

Dominant Traits

75% of people agree that temima is insecure

All Percentages

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(0%) aloof (0%) glum (50%) stupid (0%) simple (25%) insecure (75%) irresponsible (25%) vulgar (25%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (25%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (25%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (25%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%)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

Description Breakdown (4 people)

me thinks: timid, insecure, unhappy, passive, glum.
amostlystranger thinks: withdrawn, embarrassed, glum, insecure, passive, dispassionate.
september thinks: irresponsible, vulgar, rash, childish, distant, impatient.
septembervirgin thinks: needy, timid, simple, rash, insecure.

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, distant, 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> timid, glum, simple, irresponsible, vulgar, withdrawn, unhappy, needy, childish, embarrassed, passive, rash, dispassionate</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> incompetent, cynical, imperceptive</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> intolerant, inflexible, cowardly, violent, aloof, stupid, lethargic, hostile, selfish, unhelpful, unimaginative, inane, brash, cruel, ignorant, irrational, boastful, blasé, chaotic, weak, loud, vacuous, panicky, unethical, insensitive, self-satisfied, smug, overdramatic, dull, predictable, callous, inattentive, unreliable, cold, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>75% of people agree that temima is insecure <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (50%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (50%) stupid (0%) simple (25%) insecure (75%) irresponsible (25%) vulgar (25%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (25%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (25%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (25%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (25%) childish (25%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (25%) weak (0%) embarrassed (25%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (50%) smug (0%) rash (50%) dispassionate (25%) 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 26.4.2026, 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=temima">view temima'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.