The UX of You Frameworks № 01 · Johari Window

The Johari Window.

A map of self-awareness across two axes — what you know about yourself, and what others see. Four rooms: Open, Blind Spot, Hidden, and Unknown. The goal is to grow the Open room through honest feedback and honest disclosure.

Tap a prompt chip to drop it into a room, or type your own. Switch between Personal and Job Seeker modes. When you're done, download a clean PDF to keep, share, or bring to a coach.

Developed 1955 · Joseph Luft & Harrington Ingham

Open.

Nº 01
Known to self · Known to others

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Blind Spot.

Nº 02
Unknown to self · Known to others

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Hidden.

Nº 03
Known to self · Unknown to others

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Unknown.

Nº 04
Unknown to self · Unknown to others

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How to fill this out
in one sitting.

  1. Start with Open.

    Warm up on what you already know about yourself that others also see. Don't overthink it — if it would show up in a reference check, it belongs here.

  2. Then Hidden.

    What's true about you that you haven't shared? Not secrets — context. Motivations, experience, or goals that would change how someone reads you, if they knew.

  3. Ask someone for the Blind Spot.

    This is the room you can't fill alone. Text three people you trust: "what's something true about me I might not see?" Put their words in. Don't edit them.

  4. Guess at Unknown.

    Territory no one has mapped yet — latent strengths, situations you haven't been in. Guess. Name what might be there. You're giving your future self permission to look.

  5. Download, then revisit.

    Save a dated PDF. Come back in three months and do it again. Notice what moved from Hidden into Open. That's growth you can point at.