Personality Development

The personality of an individual is judged by his/her appearance, behavior, attitude, education, values and some more varying features. Personality development is often confused with enhancing your dressing sense and having command over English language. A person who dresses well and speaks fluent English isn’t necessarily supposed to have a good personality. Personality development is an all round development.

Jack Canifield has rightly said, “If you keep doing what you have always done, you’ll keep getting what you’ve always got.”

Acknowledging and facing your fear may actually mean a better chance of survival. It is always an opportunity to grow, learn and improve your confidence and success. Think of your fears as a challenge to be overcome, or a problem to be solved. Personality development grooms an individual, reduces stress and conflicts, develop a positive attitude in life. It means enhancing and grooming one’s outer and inner self to bring about a positive change to your life.

·         Work on your inner beauty – We all work on external appearance, but when you speak everything get reflected, whether you are arrogant, dominating, self centered or not concerned. From your actions and way to behave and speak all is reflected. So, work on your inner personality.

·         Be confident – A person’s confidence may go down due to mistakes, failure, guilty or any other thing which is undesirable. Some people often develop inferiority complex due to physical appearance, caste, financial status etc. Such people take confidence as their weakness, while the truth is confidence is their biggest strength. Confidence reflects your character, passion and attitude.

·         Don’t fear failure – One learns from his mistakes, so don’t fear them, rather learn from them, mistakes can hold you back for a while but once made, these methods will be eliminated and you can move on. Be prepared to challenge yourself by learning new skills. You should always have zeal to learn new things when at work.  

·         Dress up well – Wear according to the occasions, focus whether it is for office, party or any other occasion. Dress up and accessorize according to your body type, face shape, hair, skin color and type etc. Learn makeup tips. Accessories include your shoes, jewelry, bags, perfumes, watches, pens and for men, ties, cufflinks, wallets, visiting card holder, your laptop bag all make up for a great look.

·         Your body language – Body does 70% of talking and people will judge you by your gestures and not by your speaking. Have confidence when you speak, people can make out if your mind and mouth are in different directions.

·         Develop leadership qualities – Leadership skills means how well you can manage your subordinates to accomplish a particular task. Work harder to set an example to your subordinates. Express yourself and always do as you say.

·         Know your positives – If an individual has some limitations, then he/she also has positives. Concentrate on your strengths, work on them, this will help you to overcome your challenges and take you into a long run.

·         Be optimistic – Have a positive outlook towards everything. Nobody wants to be around a person who is negative and complaining all the time. When you face a failure, let go the assumption that you are the unluckiest person alive. Expect good things from the future.

·         Time management – Stick to your time this will help you in prioritizing things, to take decisions what to do when and how, to say no and where to schedule what. With time management you will learn what your priorities are, scheduling, this reflects better team management qualities and you will be in position to lead. But first manage self and then you can manage your team well.

To summarize keep a smart head and keep cool, don’t copy anyone, create your own personal style, don’t doubt yourself, be an active listener, learn to have patience and focus on your communication skills, be polite and gentle, be executive in dress, don’t shout or be aggressive, be more passionate about your work and be optimistic, accept and recognize your weak points, learn to appreciate others.  

If you choose a safe option all your life you will never grow and be all that you can be, but if you are willing to face the world head-on with all of its dangers and challenges, the sky is the limit.

                                          All the best!