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Façade inflexible violent loud	Unknown incompetent intolerant timid cowardly aloof simple irresponsible lethargic withdrawn hostile unhappy cynical needy unimaginative inane brash ignorant distant boastful blasé imperceptive weak vacuous unethical self-satisfied passive smug rash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

Dominant Traits

75% of people agree that zynixis is insecure

All Percentages

incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (25%) stupid (25%) simple (0%) insecure (75%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (25%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (50%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (25%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (25%) ignorant (0%) irrational (25%) distant (0%) childish (25%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (25%) impatient (50%) weak (0%) embarrassed (25%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (25%) unethical (0%) insensitive (50%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (25%) dull (0%) predictable (25%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (25%) humourless (0%)

Description Breakdown (4 people)

Lika thinks: stupid, vulgar, unhelpful, foolish, insensitive, cruel.
... thinks: selfish, insecure, impatient, childish, predictable, overdramatic.
drea thinks: selfish, insecure, impatient, insensitive, glum.
Teh pet thinks: insecure, embarrassed, chaotic, panicky, irrational.

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> insecure, selfish, impatient</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> glum, stupid, vulgar, unhelpful, cruel, irrational, childish, chaotic, embarrassed, panicky, insensitive, overdramatic, predictable, 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> inflexible, violent, loud</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, timid, cowardly, aloof, simple, irresponsible, lethargic, withdrawn, hostile, unhappy, cynical, needy, unimaginative, inane, brash, ignorant, distant, boastful, blasé, imperceptive, weak, vacuous, unethical, self-satisfied, passive, smug, rash, dispassionate, dull, callous, inattentive, unreliable, cold, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>75% of people agree that zynixis is insecure <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (0%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (25%) stupid (25%) simple (0%) insecure (75%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (25%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (50%) unhappy (0%) unhelpful (25%) cynical (0%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (25%) ignorant (0%) irrational (25%) distant (0%) childish (25%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (25%) impatient (50%) weak (0%) embarrassed (25%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (25%) unethical (0%) insensitive (50%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (25%) dull (0%) predictable (25%) callous (0%) inattentive (0%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (25%) 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 9.6.2026, using data from 4 respondents. You can <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari?view=zynixis">view zynixis'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.