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brash callous	Unknown incompetent timid cowardly violent glum stupid simple insecure irresponsible vulgar lethargic withdrawn hostile selfish unhappy unhelpful needy unimaginative inane cruel ignorant irrational childish blasé chaotic weak embarrassed loud vacuous panicky unethical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

Dominant Traits

66% of people think that theplainestguy is intolerant
66% of people agree that theplainestguy is boastful

All Percentages

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violent (0%) aloof (33%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (33%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%)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

Description Breakdown (3 people)

larryhl thinks: intolerant, inflexible, distant, insensitive, self-satisfied, humourless.
xiang ;D thinks: unreliable, impatient, intolerant, boastful, passive.
C thinks: cynical, boastful, smug, aloof, imperceptive.

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> boastful, impatient, self-satisfied, smug</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> intolerant, inflexible, aloof, cynical, distant, imperceptive, insensitive, passive, unreliable, 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> brash, callous</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, timid, cowardly, violent, glum, stupid, simple, insecure, irresponsible, vulgar, lethargic, withdrawn, hostile, selfish, unhappy, unhelpful, needy, unimaginative, inane, cruel, ignorant, irrational, childish, blasé, chaotic, weak, embarrassed, loud, vacuous, panicky, unethical, rash, dispassionate, overdramatic, dull, predictable, inattentive, cold, foolish</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>66% of people think that theplainestguy is intolerant 66% of people agree that theplainestguy is boastful <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (66%) inflexible (33%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (33%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (33%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (33%) childish (0%) boastful (66%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (33%) chaotic (0%) impatient (33%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (33%) self-satisfied (33%) passive (33%) smug (33%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (33%) cold (0%) foolish (0%) humourless (33%) <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 9.6.2026, 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=theplainestguy">view theplainestguy'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.