Subject: Communication Skills and Personality Development Course Code: BCA (PC) 121 Vetter- Lesson no: 01 Author-Dr.Pallavi PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT 1.2 Personality Development and Major Determinants 1.1 Four Building Blocks 1.2 Important tips of Emotional Display 1.3 Benefits of Personality Development 1.1 How to generate Good ideas 1.2 How to develop the ideas 1.3 Some General rules for reading 1.4 Traits for building Positive Personality 1.4 Check your progress 1.7 Self-Assessment Test 1.8 Answers to check your progress 1.9 References/Suggested Readings 1. The students will be able to perform well on social ground. To help the student to be creative, and analytical. To develop their own specific skills.
Polishing manners to behave appropriately in professional circles. Developing and maintaining optimistic nature. Understanding the art of entertaining.1 Introduction Personality is defined as the form of characteristic thoughts, feelings and behavior that differentiate one individual from the other and it persists over time. It is the sum total of ways in which an individual reacts and interacts with others.
Infect, it generally implies to all what is unique about an individual, the quality that makes one stand out in a crowd. Personality traits are different to each other and could be a mixture of bot/h good and bad. It is a step towards improvement and development of talents and potentials, enhancing quality of life, realization of dreams and aspirations. The stages include formal and informal activities and the leaders must realize the full potential of each individual in a group.
Hence, the process of improving or transforming the personality is called personality development.2Main Body of the text Personality Development and Major Determinants The concept has been interpreted in different ways by different people, thinkers, psychologists, yet most of them are unanimous in affirming that personality is something integral; it is not simply a cluster of mental or physical qualities but the unique and unrepeatable combination of characteristics of each individual. We can simply explain personality as the product of the „quality influential” effects of innate hereditary, environment and culture. Heredity-The factors that were determined at conception, Physical structure, facial attractiveness, gender, temperament, energy lend, that are considered to be either completely or substantially influenced by whom you are associated with. Environment-The factors that exert pressures on our personality formation are the culture in which we are raised, the norms among our family and social groups.
The environment plays a major role in shaping our personalities. Situation- An individual‟s personality generally stable & consistent does change in different situations. The varying demand of different situations calls forth different aspects of one‟s personality. Emotional Competence- It is the awareness of the emotions one has.
People with emotional competence will know which emotion they are feeling and why. They realize how their feelings affect their performance. They have a guiding awareness of their values and goals.1 Four Building Blocks of sPersonal Competence- These competencies determine how we manage ourselves. People with this competence are attentive.
They help out the situation based on understanding of other peoples‟ needs & feelings. Self – regulations- It means proper management of one‟s internal states, impulses and resources. It implies self-control and keeping disruptive emotion and impulse in check. It gives the capacity of adaptability and flexibility in handling change.
Motivation- The important things that guide or facilitate reaching the aimed goals:- First the achievement drive that improves or meets a standard of excellence. The commitment of siding with the goals of the group. A major tip of readiness act on opportunities. And fourth of resistance in pursuing goals, dispute obstacles and setbacks.
Social Competence- It helps in understanding others, sensing others feelings perspective, and taking an active interest in their concerns. This gives rise to service orientation. This helps in the possibilities of leveraging diversity and cultivating opportunities through different kinds of people.2 Some important tips of Emotional Display The art of inspiring others is to make tactical use of emotional displays by showing our emotions and feelings for effect and clarifying that we are using them in a planned manner. Control of your emotions, concentration on your nervous system which must match your emotions 2.
Practice showing positive and negative emotions even when you don‟t feel that way inside. Be explicit about your feelings. Save emotional displays otherwise you will be unfit for your designated role.3Main Characteristics Personality describes the relatively stable set of characteristics, tendencies and temperaments. Personality traits are enduring characteristics that describe an individual‟s attitude and behavior.
Openness to experience- It characterizes the degree to which people are interested in broadening their horizons or limiting their, learning new things, meeting new people, going to new places. Professionals who are open to experience are more willing to reflect on feedback for personal development. Agreeableness- It measures the degree to which a person‟s friendly or reversed, co- operative or guarded, flexible or inflexible, trusting or cautions, good natured or moody. Being too agreeable could cause a person to be too accommodating; however the others may take advantage of these weaknesses.
Conscientiousness- It represents the degree to which a person is consistent or inconsistent, can be reliable or not, thorough, organized, hardworking etc. Those who score lower on this dimension are more likely to be viewed as inattentive to detail, uncaring, disrespectful, not interested or motivated, unorganized, apt to give up easily. Extroversion- It represents the degree to which an individual‟s social or antisocial, outgoing or shy. A person who rates high for first traits is extroverted.
Extroversion or introversion, in itself, is not necessarily bad, but extremes at both the ends of the spectrum can be equally destructible 1.3 Further Main Body of the text Benefits 1. Self Confidence- It is an important trait required to face success. Confident people admire the characters in others, their chiefs, their friends, their family and their peers. Admiring confidence from others will also enhance our idea towards raising self- confidence.
It also deals with two major factors- Self-esteem and self-efficacy. We develop a sense of self-efficacy in ourselves by acquiring skills and knowledge. This will increase our confidence levels to learn and work hard. The level of confidence will always boost us to face the risks and crisis.
Self-esteem breaks down the negative forces and fear of facing failures. Credibility- In the current modern era is one of the noticeable persons. A book cannot be judged from its outer cover, in a similar way, an individual cannot be judged from their outlooks. A best personality will be covered by their shabby looks and inexpensive dresses.
So, it is always good to show up a credible outlook by enhancing your physical features. Interpersonal skills- These are performed everyday which includes interaction with other people. These are more centered on communication, listening, questioning and understanding. People with good interpersonal skills will be able to work well in a team or group without hesitation.
Leadership qualities- It encourages leading and motivating others. A good leader always motivates this group in a positive manner. An efficient leader must have a fulfilled knowledge of motivation factors over others. A major take-away point on leadership is, “To be an effective leader, you must be self-ruling yourself and self-motivating yourself.
Curiosity- A wrong word can lead to major destruction in an environment. We should say the right things at right places to make others feel sophisticated and comfortable. Communication Skill- Communication is defined as sharing the information from one place to the other either vocally, written, visually or non-verbally. Information transmittance must be clear and understandable to make the listening group.
The ability to communicate information accurately and clearly is an important life oriented skill.1 How to Generate Good Ideas An idea is a specific thought or concept that arises in the mind of a person as a result of thinking. It is the divine inspiration of God. The marvels of those who lived before us rule and magnifies the world today. Ideas have always been vital in arousing public opinion and bringing about a reform whether it was the freedom struggle or the eradication of a social evil.
It is the mind boggling strength of ideas which facilitates our decision-making. Ideas give confidence to face this competitive world. It is the idea which makes all the difference between floating and sinking of a person's fortune in this world. It is your idea which makes your destiny.
Believe in the power of idea to change things. Whatever you think, you become. Sooner or later, one who wins is the one who thinks and believes he can. No wonder it is the power of idea that is shaping the dreams of life and guiding the course of human civilization.
Levels of Thinking- The language of conscious thinking is either the mother tongue or the local dialect of common use. For a learner thinking is very beneficial. Initially you may have to put in a lot of effort but with regular practice it will start coming to you naturally. The effort will not only gives strength to the thoughts but will also make the message linguistically impressive.
When nourished with hope and confidence and encouraged by ambition and aspiration, that single idea takes shape as a dream, vision and goal in stages. The fact that remains is that the ideas, however strange, unorthodox or heretic they might have seemed at the start, have ultimately wrought miracles, brought revolutions and built civilization. Strong idea is an outcome of strong faith. In the times of trial, when darkness surrounds you, when failure confronts you, it is that strong idea and conviction which illuminates your life with a ray of hope.
Ideas in fact, are mightier than anything else. By providing inspiration, ideas work through the arms and vigour of men. It is the only through their day-to-day ideas acquired through knowledge and perseverance which makes them exceptional. Ideas verify rule the world, and also the minds of men, they contribute to continuing changes, shape as well as determine the destiny of human beings and contribute to the growth of civilizations.2 How to develop the Ideas 1.
Reading Good Books-The reading always exercises the mind of the person. Books full of knowledge enhance the personality of anyone. As it is said that books are the best friends. Indeed many eminent authorities insist that this is the only satisfactory way in which you can learn and develop some good content and can be helpful in generating new ideas.
Write something every day- If you wish to write well, reading can help you a lot. You must practice, incessantly practice. Write as much as you can, taking pains to improve upon what only yesterday you regarded as your best. Model your work from some of the great books.
Think for yourself- Think for yourself: How many learning people think for themselves? very few indeed. Why should they think when they find it much easier to take their opinions at the second end? To follow blindly what others do makes you dull. Study Carefully & Try to create New Ideas-The way to form your style is to study carefully and to have critical thinking. Read out good thinkers, have good company.
Always be enthusiastic in nature to face challenges.3Some General Rules for Reading- There is no direct road of the kind to which a person can be led. The only answer that is a guide can make the traveler find his way.Practice Reading:- Reading does not mean that a person should carry a book in his hand or in his pocket, nor does it mean that he should cast a cursory glance at its pages or merely turn them over mechanically without noting what is contained in them. To read a book is to live in the world, 'ever fresh,ever new' created by the author. Books are people with creatures that are more real than the actual things of this world, and to enjoy their company is the happiest moment of our life.