wt'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 wt's.

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Known to Others	Arena distant embarrassed	Blind Spot intolerant aloof simple lethargic withdrawn cynical needy self-satisfied passive dispassionate predictable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

Dominant Traits

100% of people think that wt is simple
60% of people think that wt is lethargic
100% of people think that wt is passive

All Percentages

incompetent (0%) intolerant (20%) inflexible (0%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (20%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (100%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (60%) withdrawn (20%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (20%) needy (40%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (20%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (20%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (40%) passive (100%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (20%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (40%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (0%) humourless (0%)

Description Breakdown (5 people)

akm thinks: needy, passive, simple, lethargic, withdrawn.
zhihui thinks: self-satisfied, passive, lethargic, simple, predictable.
ysing thinks: passive, simple, distant, intolerant, embarrassed.
gy thinks: self-satisfied, predictable, simple, dispassionate, passive, cynical.
qiulin thinks: aloof, passive, lethargic, simple, needy.

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> distant, embarrassed</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, aloof, simple, lethargic, withdrawn, cynical, needy, self-satisfied, passive, dispassionate, predictable</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> glum, blasé, panicky</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, inflexible, timid, cowardly, violent, stupid, insecure, irresponsible, vulgar, hostile, selfish, unhappy, unhelpful, unimaginative, inane, brash, cruel, ignorant, irrational, childish, boastful, imperceptive, chaotic, impatient, weak, loud, vacuous, unethical, insensitive, smug, rash, overdramatic, dull, callous, inattentive, unreliable, cold, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>100% of people think that wt is simple 60% of people think that wt is lethargic 100% of people think that wt is passive <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (20%) inflexible (0%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (20%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (100%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (60%) withdrawn (20%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (20%) needy (40%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (20%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (20%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (40%) passive (100%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (20%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (40%) 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 27.8.2026, using data from 5 respondents. You can <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari?view=wt">view wt'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.