Chapter 1

Five Pillars of Your Personality Development and Career Advancement Highlights

Chapter Highlights

Present scenario of advising and counseling on personality development.

The real perspective of personality and career selection.

Overview of control mechanism of personality and career management.

Detailed analysis of the five pillars. Profile of the destiny and its correlation with

the human attributes.

Background

Personality Development Career Selection and Advancement Career Guidance and Counseling I. Q. Development Management Technique in Career Development Mechanics of Public Interviews Achieving Success in Life Wining Jobs and Promotions Leadership Traits and Development

Career

Awareness The Right Perspective Career Selection Self Appraisal (Next Slide)

Self Appraisal

Interest Areas Time constraints such as age, urgency, competition, vacancies

Life expectations or Aspirations related to ambition

Support position of Resources and Patronizing people

Academic performance results of last three examinations including the Board level examination

Strengths and Weaknesses

Aptitude

Personality Development

Personality is the most important demonstrative aspect of a human being.

It indicates their nature, behavior, character, habits, relationship and performance in public as well as personal life.

It determines apparent sustainability, acceptability and accountability of person in his or her career as well as service period.

Personality Development Cont’d Personality is seen and examined from two

angles:

1. Outer side which is visible and perceptible.

2. Inner side which is invisible and imperceptible.

Personality gets two dimensional view and if add time factor, it gets three dimensional view.

Three pillars of life

Psycho spiritual (religion, God, Soul, weightless & eternal)

Psychochemical (body, flesh, chemical, carbon & finite)

Psycho intellectual (mind, psyche, logos, reason & tentative

Personality Development

‘How can I best project myself?’

‘Who am I?’

‘What are my strong and weak areas?’

Inner Traits of Personality

‘What are my inner traits?’

‘I am submissive’

‘I am arrogant’ ‘I am sociable’

Outer Traits of Personality

Body features and their size and sharpness such as nose, eyes, ears, forehead, height, hairstyle, appearance, bearing, hands, legs, palm, structure etc.

Dress, style, make up, color. Mannerism, pertaining to style of walking,

talking, gesticulation, seating position. Expression verbal as well as written, its style,

toning, naturalness, depth.

Outer Traits of Personality Cont’d Self control and Temperament especially to

provocative, irrelevant and absurd questions and behavior under difficult condition in group activities leading to give valuable expression to emotive feelings

Intelligence pertaining to questions by the members in the interview apart from performance in written tests

Performance pertaining to physical activity Body language pertaining to body movements

Other Factors

Self Vs. Personality

Personality Traits Vs Body Features

Control Mechanism of the Personality

Organs of the Body – Self-controlling mechanism for personality exists

within the human body. Its control is exercised through proactive spirit which

generates different energy levels and their influence is passed on to their mind for action.

Other Factors

Synergetic Aspect of the AttributesCareer Advancement – The reference level or bottom line to evaluate

achievements and success accomplished in life. This process is continuous and goes through the

time periods of up and down phases. Implies a process of self quality improvement and

progressively enhances eligibility standards for deserving to achieve the next promotion.

Plays a self centric pivotal role Employer plays a significant role in making

departmental facilities available

Career Advancement Cont’d

Development

And

Advancement

(a) Introspection(b) Self Assessment

(c) Self Appraisal

(d) Self Development

(e) Self Interrogation

Introspection – The First PillarMeaning Introspection opens out a way and drives

your attention towards yourself (‘Know Thyself’)

Real Need for Introspection

Real Need for Introspection

What is my background today in the form of parentage, religion, environment, availability of facilities and resources?

What are my potential, abilities, skills and capabilities?

What are my limitation? Will I be able to rise and grow?

What re my positive and negative attributes which can contribute to my real strength and weakness?

What are limitations that can restrict my growth? What type of control and remedial measures should

I apply for correcting weaknesses and drawbacks?

Introspection Process

It advocates an individual to look inwards and examine one’s origin, composition, relationship, existence, life and its objectives vis-à-vis outside world and its surroundings where the cosmic and earth forces are active and potent in influencing the entire nature and its living creatures.

Timing

Self Assessment – The Second PillarApproach

Life-Oriented Aspects: Personal attributes Relation oriented attributes Education and Upbringing Performance Oriented Activities Business Oriented Activities Leadership Oriented Activities

Personal Attributes

Mental - Related to Mind : ambition, will power, tenacity, firmness, intuition, determination, integrity, responsiveness, awareness

Emotional - Related to Emotions and Feelings: sensitivity, sincerity, anger, daring, consciousness, temperament, morality, politeness, assertiveness, keenness

Psychic - Related to Psychology: maturity, stability, outlook, initiative, consistence, passiveness, extrovert/introvert, sulky, critical

Intellectual - Related to Thinking Power of Mind: Intellect, logic, expression, creativity, memory

Physical – Related to Body and its Structure: personality, stamina, strength, capacity, tenderness, appearance, bearing, endurance and health

Basic

Personal

Attributes

Responsiveness

Positive Mindset

Ambition

Will Power

Vision

Dedication

Diligence Assimilation

Grasping

Consciousness

Initiative

Adaptability

Awareness

Comprehensive List of Attributes

Attributes

Essential Desirable Optional

Attribute Rating

For Positive Type For Negative Type

Excellent 9

Very Good 7

Moderate/Average 5

Low/Weak 3

Very Low / Poor 1

Nil 0

Excessive -9Very often -7Frequent -5Low/Seldom -3Rare -1Nil

• First Phase

• Second Phase

Method for Assessment

Assessment

Direct Method Statistical Method consisting of Self Qualifying Factors

Self Appraisal – The Third PillarPersonal data Meaning

(a) The technique to be adopted for carrying out the actual process.

(b) The type of specific information seeking about yourself and its value and quality.

Technique (SWAIT instead of SWOT)

Self Appraisal – The Third Pillar Cont’dTechnique (SWAIT instead of SWOT)

S – stands for Strength

W – stands for Weakness

A – stands for Aptitude

I – stands for Interest

T- stands for Threats

Salient Features of Self Appraisal

Self Appraisal – The Third Pillar Cont’dHomework Life Aspirations / Expectations Family Resources Position Academic Performance in School

Homework

Life Aspirations / Expectations: Family Obligations Money, Wealth and Property Religion and Social Cause Joining Relation with Friends, Colleagues, Relatives Fame, Reputation, Recognition and Awards Work / Service / Business / Production / Sales Academics / Scholar / Knowledge / Research /

Teaching Power, Authority, Ruling, Control, Dominance Self Addressed Enlistment and Spiritual Pursuit Defense and National Services

Self Development – The Forth PillarPurpose

Influencing Factors: internal, external and self-driving

Self Development

Parents

RelationsUpbringing &Education

Environment

External Factors Internal Factors

Self Development

Related to certain inherent personal attributes which are considered essential for initiating the process of self development within you

Influencing Factors:

Self Driving Attributes

Optimistic / pragmatic Approach

Open mind

Diligence / Hardworking

Proactiveness

Drive

Alertness

Conscience Tolerance / Patience

Comprehension

Grasping Level

Assimilation

Responsiveness

Adaptability

A Self Driven Person

Different categories of driving states of persons:

Extremely Driven person Highly Driven person Fairly Driven person Low Driven person Dud / Inert person

Self Development Process

Road Map for Self Development:

Be gentle, polite, humble and respectful Adopt cheerful posture and keep smiling Keep your temper down Follow some hobbies Plan your routine Look after your health and maintain it Learn to appreciate the work of others Carry always the sense of responsibility and accountability Develop the art of framing specific, precise and inquisitive

questions Develop habit of reading books Learn the art of verbal expression Observe discipline and code of conduct

Road Map for Self Development Cont’d Go on trip away from your place regularly Seek other’s confidence and respect In case of doubt, seek and consult proper advice Try to know your well wishers Remain always willing to work hard Develop competitive spirit Remember in life that there are no favors and nothing is free of

cost Participate in social events with team spirit Before appearing for an interview, prepare extensively and

thoroughly Express apology when you are wrong Never say NO bluntly and curtly even if you disagree

Watch and Guard Against Pitfalls Spending more than you earn will never take you to gain wealth. Running into debt and temptation or tendency to adopt corrupt

practices. Scattering your resources, power and efforts on wide front. Loosing sight and awareness of your “brain” especially when

your are required to be alert. Blaming others and yourself too often Indulging, recounting and clinging to the past. Taking shortcuts for easy and quick results. Neglecting and overlooking details. Quitting the mission in hand too soon. Taking success fro granted on the basis of gut feeling. Feeling and expressing excessive confidence without proper

planning, home work and appreciating actuality of mission.

Self Interrogation – The Fifth Pillar The Healthy Practice What does ‘SELF-INTERROGATION’ exactly

mean? Set of Five Salient Questions for Self

Questioning Self Appraisal Report Self Introspective Questions

Destiny

Table 1.1 Table 1.2

One way of looking at the profile of your Destiny which flows from your basic Attributes of both positive and negative types and leads finally to achieve your life aspirations

Another way of looking at the profile of your Destiny which flows from your born Destiny which leads to achievement of your life but through the progressive evaluation process which leads finally to your basic attributes of both positive and negative types.

PROFILE OF YOUR DESTINY

PEROSNAL ATTRIBUTES (BOTH NEGATIVE AND POSTIVE TYPES)

TABLE NO. 1.1

AFFECTS YOUR

MINDSET, HABITS, MANNERS, STYLE, ATTITUDE, TEMPERMENT, BODY MOVEMENT.

DETERMINE YOUR

NATURE, CHARACTER, ABILITIES, POTENTIAL & PERSONALITY

LEADING TO

ACHEIVMENTS, RESLUTS, ACCOMPLISHMENTS, SUCCESS

Cont’d…

ON THE BASIS OF EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT OF THEIR

TABLE NO. 1.1

QUALITY, ELIGIBLITY, SUITABILITY, ACCEPTABILITY, UTILITY.

WHICH ENABLE YOU TO GET

WEALTH FORTUNE, PROSPERITY, HEALTH, PROMOTIONS, HIGHER RANKS & STATUS, AWARDS,

RECOGNITION.

WHICH ARE DIRECT FRUITS OF YOUR DESTINY

PROFILE OF YOUR DESTINY

DIRECT FRUITS OF YOUR DESTINY SUCH AS WEALTH FORTUNE, PROSPERITY, HEALTH, PROMOTIONS,

HIGHER RANKS & STATUS, AWARDS, RECOGNITION.

TABLE NO. 1.2

DEPEND UPON

YOUR ELIGIBLITY, SUITABILITY, QUALIFICATIONS, UTILITY.

DETERMINED BY

EVALUATION, ASSESSMENT & APPRECIATION

OF YOUR

ACHIEVEMENTS, RESULTS, ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Cont’d…

FROM YOUR

TABLE NO. 1.2

ACTION, PERFORMANCE, BEHAVIOUR, ACTIVITY, RELATIONSHIP, LEARNING, UPDATING.

WHICH ARE DIRECTLY INFLUENCED BY YOUR

NATURE, CHARACTER, ABILITIES, POTENTIAL & PERSONALITY

WHICH DEPEND UPON YOUR

MINDSET, HABITS, MANNERS, STYLE, ATTITUDE, BODY RESPONSE & MOVEMENTS, TEMPERAMENT.

DETERMINED BY YOUR

PEROSNAL ATTRIBUTES (BOTH NEGATIVE AND POSTIVE TYPES)