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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.