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Not Known to Others	Façade withdrawn	Unknown incompetent timid cowardly violent aloof glum stupid insecure irresponsible vulgar lethargic hostile selfish unhappy unhelpful needy unimaginative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

Dominant Traits

66% of people think that xuanwan is inflexible
66% of people think that xuanwan is cynical
66% of people think that xuanwan is panicky

All Percentages

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violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (33%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (66%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%)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

Description Breakdown (3 people)

jo thinks: overdramatic, passive, cynical, childish, panicky, predictable.
crystal thinks: intolerant, inflexible, smug, insensitive, inattentive.
cheray thinks: cynical, inflexible, panicky, simple, rash.

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> intolerant, insensitive, passive, overdramatic</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, simple, cynical, childish, panicky, smug, rash, predictable, 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> withdrawn</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, aloof, glum, stupid, insecure, irresponsible, vulgar, lethargic, hostile, selfish, unhappy, unhelpful, needy, unimaginative, inane, brash, cruel, ignorant, irrational, distant, boastful, blasé, imperceptive, chaotic, impatient, weak, embarrassed, loud, vacuous, unethical, self-satisfied, dispassionate, dull, callous, unreliable, cold, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>66% of people think that xuanwan is inflexible 66% of people think that xuanwan is cynical 66% of people think that xuanwan is panicky <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (33%) inflexible (66%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (33%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (66%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (0%) childish (33%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (66%) unethical (0%) insensitive (33%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (33%) smug (33%) rash (33%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (33%) dull (0%) predictable (33%) 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="http://kevan.org/nohari">Nohari Window</a> on 22.1.2025, using data from 3 respondents. You can <a href="http://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="http://kevan.org/nohari?view=xuanwan">view xuanwan'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.