What is personality?
What is personality?
What would you say if you were asked to evaluate a
person? How would you go about doing it? Probably
you will describe how he/she talks and behaves. That’s
all! You may quote some instances as examples but it
all boils down to what the person talks and how he/
she behaves. Therefore, we can broadly say that a person’s personality primarily consists of words and deeds.
Where do these two originate? They originate from
thoughts. Perhaps, because of this, you may remark
on a person’s thoughts also, when you describe him/
her. On the whole, to describe a person’s personality
we talk about his/her words, deeds and thoughts.
Along with the word ‘Personality’, ‘Character’ is also an
important word. In fact, these two words express the
same idea. But, for the time being, to understand the
idea, let us assume that character has a deeper meaning
compared to personality. Whereas personality is something that appears conspicuously, character remains deep
inside and is usually known by a deeper study.
On the other hand personality is not something which
describes how handsome a person is. How a person
dresses or combs his/her hair, is not the only measure of a person’s real personality. Of course, these
may be important, but they are not the only important things. Swami Vivekananda, once remarked to
the effect that in the western countries, a tailor makes
a gentleman, whereas in India the character of a man
makes one a gentleman.
Swami Vivekananda explained at length about personality and how a perfect man lives and behaves. To
build a progressive nation and to achieve real independence, he made an impassioned appeal to give
the people their lost individuality. With great foresight, he taught how the personality and character of
the people need to be transformed, not only at the
level of an individual but also at the level of the
society. His teachings in this regard would work for
uplifting the masses as well.
Now, if we summarize all the teachings of Swami
Vivekananda about personality, it may be written as a
formula. Make a ratio between the deeds and words of
a person. With this ratio we will be able to broadly
estimate the extent to which a person is living up to
his/her word. This defines a person’s true personality.
personality=Deeds÷words
What would you say if you were asked to evaluate a
person? How would you go about doing it? Probably
you will describe how he/she talks and behaves. That’s
all! You may quote some instances as examples but it
all boils down to what the person talks and how he/
she behaves. Therefore, we can broadly say that a person’s personality primarily consists of words and deeds.
Where do these two originate? They originate from
thoughts. Perhaps, because of this, you may remark
on a person’s thoughts also, when you describe him/
her. On the whole, to describe a person’s personality
we talk about his/her words, deeds and thoughts.
Along with the word ‘Personality’, ‘Character’ is also an
important word. In fact, these two words express the
same idea. But, for the time being, to understand the
idea, let us assume that character has a deeper meaning
compared to personality. Whereas personality is something that appears conspicuously, character remains deep
inside and is usually known by a deeper study.
On the other hand personality is not something which
describes how handsome a person is. How a person
dresses or combs his/her hair, is not the only measure of a person’s real personality. Of course, these
may be important, but they are not the only important things. Swami Vivekananda, once remarked to
the effect that in the western countries, a tailor makes
a gentleman, whereas in India the character of a man
makes one a gentleman.
Swami Vivekananda explained at length about personality and how a perfect man lives and behaves. To
build a progressive nation and to achieve real independence, he made an impassioned appeal to give
the people their lost individuality. With great foresight, he taught how the personality and character of
the people need to be transformed, not only at the
level of an individual but also at the level of the
society. His teachings in this regard would work for
uplifting the masses as well.
Now, if we summarize all the teachings of Swami
Vivekananda about personality, it may be written as a
formula. Make a ratio between the deeds and words of
a person. With this ratio we will be able to broadly
estimate the extent to which a person is living up to
his/her word. This defines a person’s true personality.
personality=Deeds÷words
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