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Known to Others	Arena timid withdrawn cynical embarrassed	Blind Spot simple insecure irresponsible vulgar lethargic inane irrational blasé unethical self-satisfied passive dispassionate predictable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

Dominant Traits

60% of people agree that yammage is timid
60% of people think that yammage is inane

All Percentages

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(0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (20%) insecure (20%) irresponsible (20%) vulgar (20%) lethargic (40%) withdrawn (20%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (20%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (60%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%)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

Description Breakdown (5 people)

jess thinks: irresponsible, blasé, cynical, timid, unethical.
shewknow thinks: insecure, inane, timid, predictable, passive.
William thinks: self-satisfied, inattentive, inane, vulgar, unethical.
someone anonymous thinks: embarrassed, lethargic, irrational, withdrawn, timid.
urjz thinks: dispassionate, passive, inane, lethargic, simple.

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> timid, withdrawn, cynical, 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> simple, insecure, irresponsible, vulgar, lethargic, inane, irrational, blasé, unethical, self-satisfied, passive, dispassionate, 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> glum, distant</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, inflexible, cowardly, violent, aloof, stupid, hostile, selfish, unhappy, unhelpful, needy, unimaginative, brash, cruel, ignorant, childish, boastful, imperceptive, chaotic, impatient, weak, loud, vacuous, panicky, insensitive, smug, rash, overdramatic, dull, callous, unreliable, cold, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>60% of people agree that yammage is timid 60% of people think that yammage is inane <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (60%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (20%) insecure (20%) irresponsible (20%) vulgar (20%) lethargic (40%) withdrawn (20%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (20%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (60%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (20%) distant (0%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (20%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (0%) weak (0%) embarrassed (20%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (40%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (20%) passive (40%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (20%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (20%) callous (0%) inattentive (20%) 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 7.10.2026, 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=yammage">view yammage'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.