Understanding One’s Personality

Personality is the over-all expression or projection of the individual’s behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental attributes that  characterizes him as a unique individual in a more or less consistent way but which in a general way is shared with others of similar bent.  Personality is judged not so much in terms of their moral value, as in "character," but as to whether they are "pleasing" or "unpleasing."

            One’s personality determines how well one lives and relates with others and the world.

           

            You can find joy and peace with others and the world by understanding your own personality and that of others.

Almost every day we describe and assess the personalities of the people around us though not in a formal or systematic way the psychologists do.


Different Thinkers (www.texcpe.com/cpe/pdf/il/ILHP.pdf) differ in certain aspects of what a healthy personality but are in agreement in following:

§    accepting and taking responsibility for who and what we are

§    rationally directing their behavior

§    being in charge of their destinies

§    being guided by ourselves as opposed to external forces

§    having self-awareness,

§    being anchored in the present

§    living in the moment

§    increasing rather than reducing tension through seeking new challenges, goals and experiences

The above may serve as a guide in assessing the wholesomeness of one’s personality.