personality development

2.  the set of emotional qualities, ways of
behaving, etc., that makes a person different
from other people
 attractive qualities (such as energy,
friendliness, and humor) that make a person
interesting or pleasant to be with
 attractive qualities that make something
unusual or interesting
 the visible aspect of one's character as it impres
ses others

3.  In some ways we are all the same. We all have the
same human nature. We share a common
humanity. We all have human bodies and human
minds, we all have human thoughts and human
feelings.
 Yet in other ways we are all completely different
and unique. No two people are truly alike. No two
people can ever have the same experience of life,
the same perspective, the same mind.
 Even identical twins are unique in this respect:
twin number 1 will always be twin number 1 and
will never know what it is actually like to be twin
number 2, to experience life and see the world
through number 2’s eyes.

4.  Somewhere between these two — our common
humanity and our unique individuality — lies
personality.
 Personality is about our different ways of being
human. How we are all variations on the same
themes. How the human nature we all share
manifests in different styles of thinking, feeling
and acting.

5.  Personality can be defined in different ways, depending on
whether we focus on the individual or on people in general.
 If we focus on people in general, then we can define
personality in terms of individual differences — that is, the
range of different styles of thinking, feeling and acting.
 Just as human beings can differ a great deal in terms of their
physical traits (height, weight, hair, and so on), they also
differ in terms of mental and behavioural traits. For example,
some people are noticeably talkative and outgoing while
others are noticeably quiet and reserved. Such differences and
variations are seen everywhere throughout the
human population.
 If we focus on the personality of an individual, we can define
it as a set of enduring dispositions or long-term tendencies to
think, feel and act in particular ways.

6.  “Your personality style is your organizing
principle. It propels you on your life path. It
represents the orderly arrangement of all your
attributes, thoughts, feelings, attitudes,
behaviors, and coping mechanisms. It is the
distinctive pattern of your psychological
functioning—the way you think, feel, and
behave—that makes you definitely you.”