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foolish	Unknown incompetent intolerant timid cowardly aloof glum stupid simple insecure irresponsible lethargic withdrawn hostile selfish unhappy unhelpful cynical needy unimaginative inane cruel ignorant distant boastful blasé imperceptive weak embarrassed vacuous panicky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

Dominant Traits

66% of people agree that thecomicman is vulgar
66% of people think that thecomicman is brash
66% of people think that thecomicman is rash
66% of people think that thecomicman is overdramatic

All Percentages

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violent (33%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (66%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (66%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%)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

Description Breakdown (3 people)

ET thinks: inattentive, brash, impatient, rash, vulgar.
erin thinks: violent, brash, chaotic, rash, overdramatic.
No Way Man! thinks: inflexible, vulgar, irrational, overdramatic, childish.

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> vulgar, childish, 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> inflexible, violent, brash, irrational, chaotic, rash, overdramatic, inattentive</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> loud, unreliable, 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, timid, cowardly, aloof, glum, stupid, simple, insecure, irresponsible, lethargic, withdrawn, hostile, selfish, unhappy, unhelpful, cynical, needy, unimaginative, inane, cruel, ignorant, distant, boastful, blasé, imperceptive, weak, embarrassed, vacuous, panicky, unethical, insensitive, self-satisfied, passive, smug, dispassionate, dull, predictable, callous, cold, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>66% of people agree that thecomicman is vulgar 66% of people think that thecomicman is brash 66% of people think that thecomicman is rash 66% of people think that thecomicman is overdramatic <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (33%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (33%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (66%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (66%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (33%) distant (0%) childish (33%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (33%) impatient (33%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) smug (0%) rash (66%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (66%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (33%) 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 18.6.2026, 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=thecomicman">view thecomicman'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.