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2. INTERPERSONAL AND
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
1. The Johari Window
The Johari Window, shown below, is a model that gives us a visual way to think about
self-knowledge.
Joe Luft and Harry Ingham
This model delineates four quadrants involved in interpersonal relationships:
The open area is what we both know about me and openly share.
The hidden area is what I hide from you about myself.
The blind area is what you know about me but what you keep from me, what you
observe about me, or think or feel about me, of which I am unaware.
The unknown area is part of me, from my past, about which neither one of us yet
knows, at least on a conscious level.