Personal Development

1. 1
LESSON 2:
SHARE YOUR UNIQUE
CHARACTERISTICS, HABITS AND
EXPERIENCE

2. .
10 THINGS
THAT MAKE
YOU UNIQUE

3. 1. You are known for your signature Style
Everybody carries their signature style
wherever they go. Signature style would be
the first thing that people would visualize
when they think of you. People can be funny,
boring, dizzy, entertaining, enthusiastic,
curious, sweet, kinky, adventurous,
threatening or serene.

4. This signature style may be prevalent in the first
meet or may be understood by a person who
meets you, in course of time. But once they know
what your style is, they will always associate you
or see you as a person possessing these
predefined virtues. So it is basically your
signature style that finds you an eternal space in
memories of other people. It makes you special.
It makes you “YOU”.

5. 2. Your past experiences
Rightly said, what you are today is out of what
happened to you yesterday. Everybody has had
his/her set of sweet and sour experiences in past.
Your personality emerges out of what you go
through and learn out of these experiences. A
person who has seen only positives may be an
optimist while one who has suffered hardships and
trust breaks is more cautious in approach.

6. Personality is a dynamic concept and you
tend to imbibe things which you learn out of
your daily experiences. So all the significant
or not so significant things that happen with
us gradually mold our character and make us
different from everyone else.

7. 3. Ethics and Morals Instilled in You
Perhaps the most important part of you, on
basis of which you stand as an individual today
is your ethical substance. Ethics and morals are
instilled within a kid from childhood, and these
depend upon the background of the family as
well as the location and society where the kid is
brought up.

8. However, the extent of internalizing social
norms is purely individualistic. Also, what is
particularly important from an individual point of
view is your unique interpretation and
acceptance/ unacceptance of social order. You
will be known for your morals as they will reflect
in every decision you take throughout your life.

9. 4. Attitude
People have some habitual attitude of their
own, which may be positive and negative. Some
may win over obstacles with the right attitude
while some may even have an attitude problem.
Attitude is the way in which we implement our
ethics or principles. Attitude is shaped from a
variety of factors like beliefs, thoughts,
expressions, associations and external influence.

10. Your attitude is purely yours, uniquely yours.
Attitude makes you and attitude ruins you. What
you need to understand is that people will
perceive you in illumination of your attitude, both
towards them and towards life.

11. 5. Your appearance says a lot about you
Next on our list is your appearance. Every one
biologically is different, owing their look to their
genes. But apart from the natural differences, you
also carry your unique style in your looks. You are
known for your appearance in terms of your hair
cut, dressing sense, your accessories, your
makeup and your confidence.

12. The best example if we are talking about looks
and uniqueness would be Lady Gaga. She makes
her unique style statement every time she is out.
So, your appearance plays an important part in
building your individuality.

13. 6. Your way of communication
Communication is the real essence of this social
world. People see you in the light of what and how
you have communicated with them. Communication
involves everything – your accent, your language,
your expressions, your signs, your texts, your
writings – everything. Some people can
communicate at once and some need time to come
out of inertia.

14. But the way you speak or express your things is
the quintessence of your personality.
Communication makes great orators or
bloggers and imparts them their unique style.
Communication is what makes great actors too.

15. 7. Your habits or hobbies
It is very usual in daily worldly affairs to get known
for your habits or hobbies. Chain smokers, early
risers, computer geeks, drinkers, adventure
maniacs, book worms etc are some of the phrases
which are used to describe people on the basis of
their habits and hobbies.

16. Your interests are reflected in the habits you build
or the hobbies you cultivate, and such unique
interests make you unique. You can be a person
known for your fashion statements, or you can be
a person known to have large number of pets. It all
depends on what interests you, and it varies from
person to person. Habits make you. Hobbies
complete you.

17. 8. Your relationships
Yes, your relationships speak a lot about you.
Your conduct in any relationship makes you
different. You will be known for how you behave
with others, specially the opposite sex. There are
people who do not even care for parents, and on
the other hand, there are also people who are
generous towards acquaintances.

18. Some people are very polite and friendly
towards others, while scornful people exist too.
So your ways in dealing with people around
you are absolutely different and unique. That
makes you special, loved or hated.

19. 9. Your aspirations and goals
Almost every person on earth has a goal, or a
vision, or at least a hope to achieve something.
Their dreams may be big or small, for short run
or long run, for themselves or their family, but
their dreams exist. You too might be cultivating
an ambition within the bounds of your eyes.

20. You may be an aspiring doctor, actor, engineer,
economist, sociologist, historian, or chartered
accountant or any other thing for that matter, but
these aspirations are part of your unique identity.
Every day, we may set big or small goals for
ourselves. You, then, may be able to complete
them or may not be. But these goals make us what
we are. They make you realize your caliber along
with shaping your future.

21. 10. Your beliefs and culture
What do you believe about this world? What do you
think of the tiniest and the hugest of things on
earth? How much are you drawn towards the
mysteries of life? Most importantly, what do you
believe about yourself? Different people may answer
these questions differently. Perhaps you won’t have
the same beliefs as your father/ mother.

22. These beliefs are what make you a different
person. Also, your approach towards god, evil and
spirituality imparts individuality to you. Next, what
is your culture? Do you follow your culture like
every other person in your society? How ethnic
are you? Or maybe, how conservative or liberal are
you-all of it reflects in your decisions and makes
you different from all others

23. 23
MY SYMBOL

24. 24
Think of a symbol that you think
represents you. This could be
anything- an animal, object or
another representation/person that
you think defines and describes you

25. 25
List some of the qualities or
characteristics that the symbol
represents for you
(Five or more).