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Known to Others	Arena ignorant childish impatient panicky	Blind Spot intolerant inflexible insecure vulgar withdrawn hostile selfish needy irrational boastful loud insensitive smug rash dispassionate overdramatic foolish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

All Percentages

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violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (33%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (33%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (16%) hostile (16%) selfish (16%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (16%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (16%)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

Description Breakdown (6 people)

bpang.. thinks: panicky, impatient, hostile, insensitive, intolerant.
Jenny thinks: vulgar, loud, panicky, withdrawn, rash.
DIY thinks: insecure, vulgar, insensitive, inflexible, ignorant.
yizhen lol thinks: overdramatic, foolish, irrational, smug, impatient.
nil thinks: overdramatic, boastful, selfish, childish, irrational.
anon thinks: needy, irrational, overdramatic, insecure, dispassionate.

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> ignorant, childish, impatient, 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> intolerant, inflexible, insecure, vulgar, withdrawn, hostile, selfish, needy, irrational, boastful, loud, insensitive, smug, rash, dispassionate, overdramatic, foolish</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, irresponsible</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, cowardly, violent, aloof, glum, stupid, simple, lethargic, unhappy, unhelpful, cynical, unimaginative, inane, brash, cruel, distant, blasé, imperceptive, chaotic, weak, embarrassed, vacuous, unethical, self-satisfied, passive, dull, predictable, callous, inattentive, unreliable, cold, humourless</td></tr></table> <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (16%) inflexible (16%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (33%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (33%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (16%) hostile (16%) selfish (16%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (0%) needy (16%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (16%) irrational (50%) distant (0%) childish (16%) boastful (16%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (33%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (16%) vacuous (0%) panicky (33%) unethical (0%) insensitive (33%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) smug (16%) rash (16%) dispassionate (16%) overdramatic (50%) dull (0%) predictable (0%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (16%) 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 9.5.2026, using data from 6 respondents. You can <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari?view=tstar">view tstar'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.