Discovering the Johari Window

What is the Johari window???

The Johari Window is a tool that looks exactly like a 2D window that determines your relationship with a specific person. It unfolds blind spots about what other think of you and not what you think of yourself. This tool will help your relationship grew stronger as an individual or as a pair, creating a better understanding of your personal relationship with someone.

Background Information to Johari Window Model

It was created in 1955 by psychologists, Joseph Luft and Harrington Ingham. The term, “Johari Window” was formed using the combination of their names. Jo, an abbreviation of the name, ”Joseph” and Hari, an abbreviation of the name, “Harrington”.

A methodology created to encourage one’s self awareness and personal development of oneself and hereby helps the individual to relate better to one another., allowing better communication within the workplace and the social environment.

On the top left window, exhibits the public area/Open where characteristics that are known to yourself and others is mutual. The top right window on the other hand, exhibits characteristics that is only known by other an not you also known as blind spot./Mystery On the bottom right, exhibits characteristics that are hidden from yourself and others. Finally, bottom left, it does not exhibits characteristics about yourself to others but you know of them as known as Hidden self.

So i got people close to me to do the Johari Window with 56 adjectives about me and the results are

Reflection on the 2 different Johari

After comparing the two table made by two relationships i have. It was obvious that my younger sister would fill up the public area with more adjectives as i known her for a longer duration, on the other hand, my girlfriend gave a more equal distribution as i have only know her for about two years.

With this example, it shows that your relationship that has a longer duration would be more in the open/public area compared to someone whom you have know for less than three years. I feel that it is fair because over a long duration of time you will learn more about the person deeply against someone you know for lesser years.

I also find it interesting as my younger sister do not find me spontaneous but my girlfriend does. I believe it is because my Girlfriend is a spontaneous person and it grew on me. Which then brings out that characteristic in me when i am with her.

Is the Johari Window useful?

I find myself knowing myself better in others point of view. Now my sister know me as more of a spontaneous person as compared to before. It will make my relationship with my sister better where there are more characteristics in the Open area. But to a certain extent towards some people you might want to keep it different from others. It is good for self-awareness among different people. You will be in situation where u know which characteristic of yourself to exhibit to different people and knowing how they will react.