Personality Development Programs

Personality is the collective exposure of personal character traits of an individual which can be his thought pattern, feelings, and emotional exuberance. Psychology treats personality development as an ongoing and dynamic process which is largely impacted by the atmosphere. The evaluating factors of personality are neuroticism, openness to experience, extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness.

What are the contents of a personality development programs:

Demonstrate the positive attitude
The hours most working persons spend at work are more than they spend in their homes. Can you imagine how stressful your life would be if you dislike your job? What kind of attitude do you have towards your work? Are you just doing it to pay the bills, or do you have a passion for it?

Here are some of the things that you need to keep in mind:

  • Smile and be friendly.
  • Don't complain and don't put up roadblocks.
  • Be courteous and respectful to everyone all of the time.
  • Do your part.
  • Be on time, always make deadlines, and do what you promise.
  • Avoid office politics.
  • Try to help your co-workers whenever you can

Maintain Patience

Pick up on the thoughts and physical feelings of being impatient.
If you’re in a stressful situation, be alert to thoughts that hint that you might be getting impatient, such as “This is taking forever,” or “This person is being so annoying.” When you pick up on these impatient thoughts, stop and check in with your body to see what you’re feeling physically. You’ll probably be able to recognize signs of impatience right away, and identifying them can help you start to counteract your frustration. Some physical signs could include:

Figure out what’s causing your impatience.
Once you’ve recognized that you’re feeling impatient, it’s time to hunt down the cause. Think past your immediate frustration and ask yourself, “Why am I actually feeling this way?”

Interrupt the impatience before it gets too strong.
Taking small, easy actions can break up the cycle of your impatience before it can progress, giving you a chance to regroup yourself. Take your wallet or phone out of your pocket and move it to the other. Take a small piece of paper out of your bag and hold it, or tuck it into your pocket.

Listen much more than you Talk

Listening is an important skill that needs to be developed. It is easy to get listening confused with hearing. Active listening is important at work, school, home, and in social situations. It allows people to learn and truly connect with other people. It will also enable you to make fewer mistakes and get the job done correctly the first time. To do this, you must learn to listen more often than you talk.

Giving Your Full Attention:
Make good eye contact. Face the speaker. Don’t look over the speaker’s shoulder or down at the floor. Failing to make eye contact can seem rude and impersonal. Be relaxed and make your eye contact seem natural.

Practicing Your Listening
Remain open-minded. Don’t go into a conversation with a preconceived opinion about what the speaker will be saying. Remember what the speaker is telling you. If it is appropriate, use the information that you learned from the speaker during a future conversation. Feel and picture what the speaker is saying. If the speaker is telling a story, try to really picture and feel what the speaker has to say.

Knowing When to Speak:
Don’t interrupt. Go back to the basic principles of conversation that were taught to you when you were a child. Don’t interrupt the speaker in the middle of their sentence. Ask questions to gain a deeper understanding. A good reason to speak when you are listening is to ask questions. Use questions to prompt further conversation or to gain a deeper understanding of what the speaker is saying. Resist listening for your chance to speak. You are not actively listening if you are just waiting for your chance to speak.

Keep an Open Mind

Cultivating an open mind means not just stimulating your brain, but opening yourself up to new experiences and perspectives. When you have an open mind, you are more receptive to different ideas, beliefs, and backgrounds. There are a number of ways you can exercise an open mind. Start by challenging your own beliefs to learn what you really hold to be true. Then, look to engage with other cultures and viewpoints. The more practice you have in keeping your mind open, the more you will be able to engage with and understand people from all walks of life.

Use a friendly TONE

When we talk to each other, we communicate with more than just the words we use. We watch each other’s body language, and we listen to people’s tone of voice. If you’re having a casual, happy conversation with someone, it’s important to speak in a friendly tone. To do this, adjust your speaking style and body language. You’ll soon sound as friendly as can be!

Smile often

Smiling has many benefits-it makes you seem friendly and approachable, look more attractive and feel happier and less stressed. And, while smiling comes easily to some people, others naturally have more serious expressions or may feel awkward about smiling. If you're one of those people and would like to learn how to smile more, you've come to the right place.

Don’t Procrastinate

If you're a chronic procrastinator, you’re familiar with the pain and stress that goes along with putting things off. Even if you want to accomplish or finish a task, you’re likely having trouble getting started in the first place! There are several strategies that can help you stop procrastinating right now, as well as lifestyle changes you can make to avoid future procrastination.

Always keep your cool

We’ve all had those moments at work. A difficult client turns a productive meeting sour. Your boss berates you over something you can’t control. Or everything on a project just goes wrong within one miserable half-hour period. You feel your blood pressure rising and your breath quickening. You want to pound your fists on your desk, punch your computer monitor, and hurl your phone out your boss’ window.

Of course, you know that violence towards office supplies isn’t the answer and that it’s wise to keep a handle on your emotions at work. But in those infuriating instances, how do you get through the heat of the moment?

Luckily, there are a few things you can do to help release your frustration and refocus on being the calm, collected professional you are—not the tantrum-throwing child you may feel like at the moment.

Execute good deeds

It's no surprise that, when we're on the receiving end of love, we reap a benefit. In everyday life, countless people choose to give up free time to volunteer, whether it's serving at soup kitchens, cleaning up litter, taking elderly people to the grocery store, or helping a next-door neighbor. When we engage in good deeds, we reduce our own stress, including the physiological changes that occur when we're stressed.

Don’t fear failure

We hate to fail. Most of us see failure as a sign of being inept. We associate it with disappointment and pain. Our perception is that failure is all bad. But have you ever considered that there is value in failure? Thomas Edison once said, “I make more mistakes than anyone I know. And eventually, I patent them.” There are always obstacles between ourselves and the realization of our goals and dreams. How we respond to our failures—how we evaluate a situation, learn from it, and move on—is actually what determines our path to success.

Express interest in people

Let’s say you are talking to someone, and you find yourself being really really bored. How do you turn it around and make the conversation interesting by showing genuine interest? The thing is, you already know how to show genuine interest. If you’re interested, it doesn’t take an article to tell you how to act. If I’m interested in baseball, I ask a lot of questions about baseball. If I’m interested in reading, I ask questions about books I’ve read, books I want to read, etc. Every single person already does this part really well!

The real key that isn’t so obvious is talking with people who you are not genuinely interested in. If you are bored with a topic or person, leave. That way, you have more time to pursue the people and conversations that you actually are interested in!

Be genuine in praise

A lot of moms and dads struggle with finding the right balance when it comes to raising their kids: How much is too much? How much is too little? Is quantity that important, or is it the quality of praise that really matters? So what is the right amount of praise? Experts say that the quality of praise is more important than the quantity. If praise is sincere and genuine and focused on the effort, not the outcome, you can give it as often as your child does something that warrants a verbal reward.

Show you care

The happiest partners have relationships, not just free of name-calling and insults, but full of caring acts. Although we may care deeply for those around us, we don't always show it. And the ones we love the most, are sometimes the least likely to receive our acts of care!

You may feel you are a caring person, but you must also act. Show you care. Prove it! Do it!