Positive Thinking &Personality Development

8/8/2019 Positive Thinking &Personality Development

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What is personality?Personality is the motive power required to run life effectively. Personality is not built in

a day as we say Rome was not built in a day. Personality Development is a gradual

process. Ones personality involves factors like his intelligence, career, outlook, character

and prudence. Personality is the individuals tatality of characteristics like intelligence,looks and character. Personality is the vital force that plays each and every activity of an

individual. It signifies the behaviour.However, a well development personality is not

achieved at one go. Young people have to consciously exert and take concrete steps toacquire a balanced growth of personality along with academic education.

Every individual has a personality of his own. It is idio

syncracy.This cannot be ignored.People usually when they speak of personality of different persons they say. He has

handsome personality. Ganesh has shining personality. He has wonderful personality,

and so on. But Their expressions tells us the outer features of a person or persons such ashandsome,attractiveness,goodlooks,amd calmness. They do not tell us the real distinctive

character of a person. For example people develop personality according to the filed

which they work .A person involving in business world develop personality in business

terms. This cannot be taken in to consideration to denote ones real personality.

Advances in genetics have shown to what extent our personality and behavior are shaped

by our genetic inheritance but importance of environment is still acknowledged.However it is hard to identify that character and personality are under the control of

inherited genes or how he environment influences them.

It is certain that if there is no constructive development in ones personality all other

achievements like education, career or whatever it may be, they fail to do their task. It is

just like a patient who has every comfort but his disease is not cured .The basic advantage

of personality development is that the person becomes a human. These days it is acommon practice among students that when they were asked what they would become

,they say that they wish to become a politician or an engineer or a doctor or cine

artist .But no body say that he wishes to become a human.Dr.S.Radhakrishnan ,a greatphilosopher once said that man has learnt to swim in water ,fly in air ,but he has not

learnt to become a human.

Strictly speaking we do not know exactly now ones personality works and how it formsones motive power. For example, electricity is invisible, but its application is seen. A

motor works with Electricity .We burn lamp by using electricity. Similarly ones

personality is the motive power behind ones activities .with a built up of nice personalityone can meet lifes challenge big or small. IN present day set up, no one can expect

schools and colleges to equip them fully to meet lifes challenges. What students learn

from educational institutions is not that large. However in olden days there was GuruKula style of education where Gurus used to take charge of small group of students. The


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guru could watch them closely as they were staying in his household as members of a

family. The guru moulded their character and equipped them to face life as they grew

up .Today teachers interaction with pupils are very low. The number of students in aclassroom is also very large .So much attention is not being given to any particular

student .Parental supervision is also reduced. Moreover parents are busy with their

careers. Both the parents are employed having them very little time to take care of theirchildren. Due to such complexities of present day living youngsters have to develop their

personality. They have to put efforts to acquire a balanced growth of personality along

with academic education.Personality development is very essential .Personality comes into play in each and every

activity, thought and behavior of any individual .Personality is to man what perfume is to

flower

CharacterCharacter is the foundation stone that shapes the personality .Character only endures .Ifmoney is lost, nothing is lost: if health is lost some thing is lost but if character is lost

every thing is lost .A person o0f good character will retain the good reputation even after

his death. We have examples like Harischandra, Sri ram, Dharmraj, mahatma ghandi

before us .Character is the life saving drug for development of a person .It is the mostprecious wealth. Mahatma Ghandi was telling that greatness of a man lies not in his

clothes but in his character .It is due to the great qualities of character that many people

have touched the heights of progress in the world.Ravana was a brave person. He was a devotee of lord Shiva. But due to downfall of his

character he got reduces to ashes .He was killed by Rama .Ravana had kidnapped Ramas

Wife and kept her in his town.

Good character makes human beings different and superior to other living creatures.

Honesty, youthfulness, open mind, respect to women, tolerance, generosity, dutifulmness,

presence of mind are the qualities we find in a person with good character.

Herbert Spencer believed that character is made up of two things:1) Your way of thinking

2) Your way of passing time

Character is not just a sexual relation between man and woman or a boy and girl.

Character is purity of conduct .It involves values like purity of heart, purity of speech and

purity of actions. One must act according to what he says .Suppose he says others speaktruth and he himself is a liar then he has no character .A man is always understood not by

the wealth he has, but he is understood her way he lives. The wealth of character is

considered superior to all other wealth. You may earn cores .But you should live in best

possible like way. A good life will reflect from your personality.


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Also a person with an inquisitive character is always guided by the circumstances around

him .He makes very less mistakes and he leaves nothing to chance. He is neither sad onhis failure nor rejoice his successes. Failures do not suppress him.

Student life is the best life to develop good character. But if students have bad company

they fail to build up good character .It is observed that even intelligent students meet theirdownfall if their character is not good .At the same time, it is also noticed that students of

good character who have been judged less talented, idle and dull reached the heights of

progress and earned good name and fame.

Character is just like the foundation of a building that decides its durability. The

foundation of a mans personality is his character, his good qualities .the wealth of

character is considered superior to all other wealth.Who is supposed to be a rich man?

The man who has the wealth of character is supposed to be a very rich man.

Character cannot be attained by dreaming

Devotion towards Duty,Self-control

Good conduct,Love for truth,

Thirst for acquiring knowledge and firm determination to improve the condition of man

kind.

These are the basis of good character. Man may be physically strong .He may be veryintelligent also. But if he does not possess good moral character, then his presence in the

society is a matter of doubt and fear. Character has to be gained by hard work.

Bad habits lead to bad character, bad health and under development. Good habits providecharacter, health and success. If you have bad habits control them unless and until we

control our bad habits we will never be called good persons. We lose reputation we lack

personality.To form a good character, discipline is also important .People without discipline try to do

any thing, but commit them selves to nothing.

Why some people never reach their goals?Why they are always frustrated?

Why some people have endless failures?

The reason is lack of discipline

Like character the other factors, which shape ones personality, are:

1) Environment

2) Ingrained Maturity3) Career

4) Education

5) Ideals6) Experience


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What is Environment?The word Environment is a general term that refers to the external conditions in which anorganism lives. Environment refers to the sum total of conditions which surround man at

a given point in space and time .the environment is the base of all life and the source of

all goods. Environment or surroundings play a vital role in shaping a person personality

.the influence of family surroundings is quite important .George Herbert said that a goodmother is equal to hundred teachers .Jeejabais influence on her son shivaji was great

.He would not have achieved a great victory if he would not have been encouraged by his

mother. he was a great Maratha leader who fought mughal emperor 0. Aurangazeb and

established a Hindu state in Deccan.He was a great and wise rules .Dhruva realized Godat young age because\se of his mothers influence. Students study well in a good

environment .Both the family and school environment enable them much.

The surroundings can bring a change in human life .A good environment keeps a person

good and strengthens his inherent qualities and instills new qualities .the atmosphere in

which we live is of greater importance .If children are brought up in a congenialatmosphere at home, in schools and in society,a great deal can be done to relieve misery

and reduce suffering and unhappiness.

There lived two parrots .One of them was brought up in a hermits house while the otherin a butchers house. who ever the person used to come to hermits house the parrot used

to say welcome words like please come in ,take u r seat have some water and so on.

The people were enjoying t he hospitality shown. The parrot were enjoying thehospitality shown .The parrot in the butcher s house was different .


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