What is Personality?
The relatively stable set of psychological
characteristics that influence the way a person interacts with his or her surroundings.
An individual's personality summarizes his or her personal way of handling the
world.
The five dimensions of
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Extraversion (E) - Extroverts are sociable as well as active and talkative,
whereas, introverts are reserved than unfriendly.
Openness (O) - The degree to which a person
is broad-minded, curious and original.
Agreeableness (A) - An agreeable person has sympathy for
others and is ready to help people and believes that others will equally help
him in return.
Conscientiousness (C) – The extent to which a person is
responsible, careful, hard-working, organised, dependable and self-disciplined.
Characteristics of Personality
Some of the characteristics of personality include:
Consistency
There is commonly a recognizable order and
regularity to behaviours. Normally, people behave in similar ways in different
situations.
Psychological and Physiological
Personality is a psychological domain, but research
shows that it is also influenced by biological processes and needs.
Impact Behaviours and Actions
Personality does not impact how we move and respond to our surroundings; it also causes us to behave in certain ways.
Multiple Expressions
Personality is seen in more than just behaviour. It
can also be found in our thoughts, feelings, close relationships and other
social interactions.
Personality development
Personality
development means enhancing and improving one’s outer and inner self to bring a
positive change to one’s life. Every person has a distinct persona that can be
developed, polished and refined. This includes boosting a person’s confidence, improving
communication skills, widening a person’s scope of knowledge, developing some hobbies
or skills, learning good etiquettes and manners, adding style and grace to the
way a person looks, talks and walks and overall filling oneself with
positivity, liveliness and peace. Awareness of the below-given qualities along
with self-appraisal and efforts for improvement of shortcomings can
greatly help in the development of a good personality.
Physical appearance
Visual
the impact is the first impression that a person makes on others. Factors which help
in this are cleanliness, proper clothing, smartness and cheerfulness. Try to be
at your visual best always.
Communication skills
Communication
skills play a vital role in your personality rating. Communication skills
include speaking ability, comprehension, voice culture as well as writing
skills. Also, if a person is a good speaker as well as a good listener and
genuinely interested in other people, he/she can make many friends and make a
good impression on others.
Knowledge
A wide
and prospective knowledge in addition to depth in a specific field of study really
helps in the building up of a person’s personality. This needs deep
reading and assimilation, observation and inquisitiveness to learn and also
interaction with learned experienced people.
Skills- professional and personal
Development
of pertinent skills needed for your professional work and personal life greatly enhances
one’s personality. Some of the necessary skills are leadership skills,
organisational skills, practical skills in your field, human management skills,
entertainment skills including some basic skills like first-aid, cooking,
driving, etc.
Self- confidence
It is the
confidence in one's own self which helps in taking up responsibilities and
initiative. Self-confidence can greatly perk up your image and help a
person in giving a great personality.
Courage,
logical analysis and successful experiences greatly help in boosting up self-confidence
of a person.
Personal qualities
To a
great extent, it is the inner qualities which build and give shape to your
personality. Some of the important qualities which help to make a good
personality build-up are the following: character and morality; etiquette and
manners; discipline; work ethics; time management; friendliness and love;
humour; optimism and therefore attitude; helpful nature; humility; maturity
emotional stability.
Health
Good and
robust health is an essential quality for a good personality. Without good
health, a person becomes ineffective even if he/she has all other qualities and
achievements.
Activities and interests
An active
interest in a wide variety of activities like sports, cultural activities,
social activities, as well as interest in some hobbies, go a long way in
giving an all-round personality to a person.
Achievements and success
Finally,
achievements and success are factors which enhance and improve your personality
and image. They in return bring popularity and more opportunities. They are
great motivating factors which will give a boost to your personality.
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