PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT CAPSULE
CHAPTER PD – I
PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT CAPSULE
Introduction
An individual’s personality is the complex of mental characteristics
that makes them unique from other people. It includes all patterns of thought and emotions that cause
us to do and say things in particular ways. Personality development is,
developing a personality so as to create a strong
positive impression about self with the targeted group. It is very
important to maintain one’s personality to prove in a long run.
The Concept of Life Skills
Skills
are acquired through practice and patience. A skilled person uses less time, energy and resources to do a job and
produces quality results. Enhancing Life Skills enables us to adapt to
situations and people and helps us to lead a healthy and positive life.
World Health Organization (WHO) has defined
life skills as “abilities for adopting positive behavior that enable individuals to
deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life.”
There are ten
core Life skills which help in enhancing the personality of an individual.
They are as follows:-
1.Self-Awareness: Recognition of self, our character,
strengths and weaknesses, desires, likes and dislikes, and skills
Being aware of the good points about oneself
helps young people build a sense of self-esteem and self-confidence.
Being
aware of their weaknesses will make young people willing to learn more. This also helps them utilize the
opportunities available to them in relation to their abilities. Self-awareness
is necessary for developing a positive attitude towards life.
2. Empathy: Is the ability to be
sensitive to another person`s situation, to understand his/her concerns,
worries, fears and needs and how they feel.
Empathy works wonders when we apply it to our
relationships – with our loved ones, classmates, parents, friends, cousins and
colleagues. It helps us move closer to solutions, to resolve conflicts, and
enhance our quality of life.
3. Critical Thinking: Is the ability to analyze
information and experience in an objective manner.
It
can help us recognize and assess the factors that influence our attitude and
behavior, such as media and peer pressure influences.
4.Creative Thinking: Creativity is the
ability to generate new ideas by combining, changing, or reapplying existing
ideas.
It
helps us to look beyond our direct experience, and to respond adaptively and
with flexibility to situations in our daily lives.
5. Problem Solving Skills. Enable us to deal with
problems in our lives in a constructive manner.
The
process of problem solving involves various steps. They are identifying the
problem, exploring the available alternative and deciding on the best possible
solution.
6. Decision Making: Decision making is to
choose from the varied options based on the existing knowledge of the topic
under consideration keeping in mind the positive or negative consequences of
each of the option.
7. Interpersonal
Relationship: Ability to establish positive relationships helps us to relate in
positive ways with the people we interact with.
This
means being able to make and maintain friendly relationships, which can be of
great importance to our mental and social well-being.
It may also mean being able to end
relationships constructively. Positive relationships help in the growth of the
individuals involved.
8. Effective Communication:
This is the ability to express, verbally
through spoken or written language and non-verbally through gestures and body
movements, in ways that are culturally acceptable.
9. Coping with Emotions: Being aware of the predominant emotion
that preoccupies the mind at any point of time, knowing how emotions influence
behavior, and being able to respond to emotions appropriately.
10. Coping with Stress. Means recognizing the source of stress in our lives, recognizing how this affects us physically and emotionally, and acting in ways that help us control our levels of stress, by changing our environment or life style and learning how to relax.
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