Thursday, March 27, 2008

What is Personality?

What is Personality?

Webster Dictionary describes Personality as follows:

"The totality of qualities and traits, as of character or behavior, that are peculiar to a specific person."

To me personality is how we feel, how we act and behave. This is not just limited to how we react around people but also inner self.

Almost everyday we describe and assess the personalities of the people around us. Whether we realize it or not, we involve ourselves in these daily musings on how and why people behave. We ourselves have personalities that we project to the world. Our personality describes us, how we react to the world, how we see the world. It is our basis for emotion, reactions and action.

Then why is that we never consciously try to improve/change our personality. Is it really changeable? Are we just stuck with the "God's given" or "universe given" personality. If it is changeable, why do we let our personality development take a back seat? I see people worry and act to take care of their family, body, finances, career and living style. Rarely do I see individuals focusing on developing their confidence, self motivation and personality development.

Don't you think we oath to make a conscious effort to develop our personality on a daily basis?

3 comments:

khyathi said...

absoluetly true...!! most of us r just influenced by people around us and sometimes end up behaving like them....!!!

Deej said...

aparna!

again its reinstating wht we beleive to be true!

more of it please!

lov,

dee

Venga said...

I call Personality is developed by once attitude and in turn is waked up by the body's intelligence.

Attitude is our innerself and personality is what we show off.

We try hard to study the attitude of the people but rather end up in studying the personality.

Attitude wakes up early in the morning and then the man wakes up from bed.

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