PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT

Personality Development

Personality Development quintessentially means enhancing and grooming one’s outer and inner self to bring about a positive change to your life. Each individual has a distinct persona that can be developed, polished and refined. This process includes boosting one’s confidence, improving communication and language speaking abilities, widening ones scope of knowledge, developing certain hobbies or skills, learning fine etiquettes and manners, adding style and grace to the way one looks, talks and walks and overall imbibing oneself with positivity, liveliness and peace.

The whole process of this development takes place over a period of time. Even though there are many crash courses in personality development that are made available to people of all age groups, implementing this to your routine and bringing about a positive change in oneself takes a considerable amount of time. It is not necessary to join a personality development course; one can take a few tips and develop his or her own aura or charm.

• You may have heard this a million times “Think Positive”. It works.
• Smile. And smile some more. It adds to your face value and to your personality as well.
• Read a few articles in the newspaper loudly. This will help in communicating fluently.
• Follow table manners and dining etiquettes
• Take good care of your health, dress well, be neat and organized
• Prepare a chart that mentions your strengths and weaknesses. Now concentrate on the latter and find ways to improve upon the same. Do not forget to strengthen your strengths.
• Spend some time alone concentrating on you and yourself alone.
• Practice meditation and yoga. It will help you develop inner peace and harmony that will reflect outside.
• Do not live a monotonous life. Be creative and do something new all the time. Nothing bigger than the joy of creative satisfaction.

Personality development is gaining more and more importance because it enables people to create a good impression about themselves on others; it helps them to build and develop relationships, helps in your career growth and also helps to improve your financial needs.

After all, personality development is nothing but a tool that helps you realize your capabilities and your strengths making you a stronger, a happier and a cheerful person.

Importance of Personality Development

A great overall personality is very important in the life of an individual. Everyone is influenced by an attractive personality. Whether it is an interview for a job or having a conversation within your friend circle, there are certain traits and characteristics that you must possess to make your mark and have an impressive conversation. Without influencing others you can’t get success in today’s competitive world. It is difficult to achieve a job without influencing the interviewers with your personal as well as professional skills, also if you are business you need to influence your clients and make them believe in you. Therefore the importance of personality development has risen very much. These days every good public school is careful about the personality development of its students.

A few years ago the concept of personality development was not very common and parents rarely gave any importance to the personality development of their children. In fact, personality was just confined to having a good look and wearing good clothes. Emphasis was given only on physical appearance and expertise in work-related skills. Earlier no one paid much attention to develop interpersonal skills. The interview also at those time were concentrated much towards the work efficiency of the person and not much importance was given to the personality. But now the time has changed. It is an age of competition and economic revolution. Although opportunities for progress are everywhere yet a student has to work very hard to climb the stairs of a brilliant career. The person having a good personality can move through the difficulties with more confidence. However, the importance of personality development includes:

• Gives Confidence: A great personality tends to give a boost to your confidence. When you know you are appropriately attired and groomed, this makes you less anxious when meeting a person. Knowing the right things to say and how to conduct yourself will increase your confidence. If you are in full confidence and well in command of the situation then it becomes really easy for you to give out your best performance. Confidence out of your personality gives you a boost that leads to a situation of easiness for you and you are able to control all your anxiety and fears and perform fearlessly. Also, your confidence enables you to have a hassle free conversation or if you are going to give a speech it is very important for you to be confident to engage your listeners.
• Improves Communication Skills: A lot of emphases is given to improving communication skills during personality development. Possessing good communication skills is very important both for personal and professional life. People are more receptive to what you say if they are impressed with your personality. Verbal communication skills are also part of personality development; improving your speech will strengthen the impact of your message. Also along with your speaking and language skills, a lot of emphases is laid on improving pronunciation and vocabulary. At the same time, effective communication also includes being a good listener.
• Helps to develop Positive Attitude: Positive attitude is really important for one to progress in life. A person with a positive attitude always looks at the brighter side and is always on a developmental path. An individual with a negative attitude finds a problem in every situation. Rather than cribbing and criticizing people around, analyze the whole situation and try to find an appropriate solution for the same. Remember, if there is a problem, there has to be a solution as well. Never lose your cool. It would make the situation worse. Developing a positive attitude even in a hopeless situation is the part of personality developmental program.
• Makes you Credible: It is very important to have a proper dressing sense and picking up right dress for you. Despite the saying that you don’t judge a book by its cover, people do tend to judge people by their clothing and how it is worn. Also, your dress plays a great deal of role in your overall looks and your confidence as well. This does not mean buying expensive clothes will do the whole job. You need to be very careful while picking up clothes for yourself. We all know people who look shabby in expensive clothes. There are also people who look great even if their attire is inexpensive. Because of this, you must know what to wear and you must be aware of other aspects of enhancing your physical features.
• Improving Personality: Competition is increasing day by day and there is no less of talented individuals possessing high academic results and willing to work hard to achieve their goals. You cannot win by talent and hard work alone these days apart from these two there is a strong need of good personality too. Personality development is a crucial ingredient for success that you must obtain to be successful in your life. Most of the people you see as models of great personality have taken a lot of effort in developing their natural features. Personality development helps you develop an impressive personality and makes you stand apart from the rest. As discussed earlier personality development also plays an essential role in improving one’s communication skills and focus to be a good listener as well. Individuals ought to master the art of expressing their thoughts and feelings in the most desired way through personality development. Personality development makes you a confident individual who is appreciated and respected wherever he goes. However few tips to improve personality include:
  • Gain Knowledge: As the saying goes, knowledge is power. It is very true that knowledge is power, and is very important in today’s competitive world. Nobody is impressed with a person who doesn't have the knowledge about his work as well as surroundings and doesn’t even know what is happening around the world. These days if you are not informed, then you are considered to be a fool whom no wise man or woman would like to befriend or follow. Therefore, it becomes necessary for an individual to enrich their general knowledge, and to master the field in which they are working. It is very important to keep yourself updated with the knowledge of events around the world, you can enhance your knowledge by reading a newspaper, watch informative programmes on television, news-channels, reading books and magazines and being part of active conversations within your friend circles.
  • A Healthy Body: An important part of personality is your appearance and your physical health. It is very important to maintain a good physical health for a good personality as well as for a healthy life. A body burdened with a disease may get pity for others but it is very difficult for that person to maintain an attractive personality. It is very important to work out regularly and maintain a healthy physique. A healthy and smart look is absolutely essential to create an impact. And if you work on it you can easily attain it. Take exercise regularly, play games or go for a morning walk whatever suits your body and psychology. Eat a balanced diet with fresh fruits and vegetables.
  • Dress Smartly: As told earlier, physical appearance plays an important role in your personality. A smartly dressed person is admired everywhere. It is not always that only expensive clothes are the best. You should pay a great deal of attention while choosing the right clothing for you ones that suits your physique and you are comfortable in wearing also. By observing successful people in any field, you will come to the conclusion that most of the successful people in almost every field have a keen taste for good dresses. At the same time it is also important that you should not try to copy someone else, instead, make a style statement of your own and choose the clothing that you feel comfortable with. Good dresses also prove a stimulus for the wearer, the person feels more confident and relaxed.
  • Speaking Style: To have an engaging conversation, it is very important that you maintain a good speaking style and expressions as well. Most of the successful persons maintain a unique style of speaking. They speak clearly and forcefully. Be careful that you have a good command of the language you speak. Don't make grammatical mistakes else you may become a laughing stock. If necessary take training from a good teacher. Give extra care to your pronunciation. Speaking power is an essential trait of any good person. Give others also a chance to speak.