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
Support position of
Life expectations or Resources and
Aspirations related to Patronizing people
ambition

Interest Areas Time constraints such

as age, urgency,
competition,
vacancies

Aptitude

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

‘Who am I?’
‘How can I best
project myself?’

‘What are my strong

and weak areas?’
Inner Traits of Personality

‘What are my ‘I am submissive’

inner traits?’

‘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 Attributes
Career 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

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Introspection – The First Pillar

Meaning
 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 Pillar
Approach
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
 Responsiveness

Positive Mindset Awareness

Ambition Adaptability
Basic
Will Power Personal Initiative
Attributes
Vision Consciousness

Dedication Grasping

Diligence Assimilation
Comprehensive List of Attributes

Attributes

Essential Desirable Optional

Attribute Rating

For Positive Type For Negative Type

Excellent 9
Excessive -9
Very Good 7 Very often -7
Frequent -5
Moderate/Average 5
Low/Seldom -3
Low/Weak 3 Rare -1
Nil
Very Low / Poor 1
Nil 0

• First Phase
• Second Phase
Method for Assessment

Assessment

Direct Method Statistical Method consisting of Self Qualifying Factors

Self Appraisal – The Third Pillar

Personal 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’d

Technique (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’d

Homework
 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 Pillar
Purpose
Influencing Factors: internal, external and self-driving

External Factors Internal Factors

Parents Environment Self Development

Self
Related to certain inherent
Development
personal attributes which
are considered essential for
Upbringing & initiating the process of self
Relations development within you
Education
 Influencing Factors:
Self Driving Attributes
Optimistic / pragmatic
Approach
Adaptability
Open mind
Responsiveness
Diligence / Hardworking
Assimilation
Proactiveness
Grasping Level
Drive

Alertness Comprehension

Conscience Tolerance / Patience

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
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
Table 1.2
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.
 TABLE NO. 1.1
PROFILE OF YOUR DESTINY
PEROSNAL ATTRIBUTES (BOTH
NEGATIVE AND POSTIVE TYPES)

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…
 TABLE NO. 1.1

ON THE BASIS OF EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT

OF THEIR

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

 TABLE NO. 1.2
PROFILE OF YOUR DESTINY
DIRECT FRUITS OF YOUR DESTINY SUCH AS WEALTH
FORTUNE, PROSPERITY, HEALTH, PROMOTIONS,
HIGHER RANKS & STATUS, AWARDS, RECOGNITION.

DEPEND UPON

YOUR ELIGIBLITY, SUITABILITY, QUALIFICATIONS,

UTILITY.

DETERMINED BY

EVALUATION, ASSESSMENT & APPRECIATION

OF YOUR

ACHIEVEMENTS, RESULTS, ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Cont’d…
 TABLE NO. 1.2
FROM YOUR

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)