2 Kar (T) Air Sqn NCC

Bengaluru Group ‘B’

Power Point Presentation
on
Personality Development
By for JD/JW NCC Cadets
T/O Vivek Hegde
Associate NCC Officer
Sri Vani High School,
Rajajinagar, Bengaluru-10
 Personality Development
INTRODUCTION
Capsule -I
An individual's personality is the complex of mental characteristics that makes them unique
from other people. It includes all patterns of thought and emotions that cause us to do and say things
in particular ways. Personality development is, developing a personality so as to create a strong
positive impression about self with the targeted group. It is very important to maintain one’s
personality to prove in a long run.

The Concepts of Life Skills

Skills are acquired through practice and patience. A skilled person uses less time, energy and
resources to do a job and produces quality results. Enhancing Life Skills enables us to adapt to
situations and people and helps us to lead a healthy and positive life.
The class will now be introduced to definition by WHO “Life Skills are abilities for adopting
positive behavior that enable individuals to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of
everyday life”- WHO.

There are ten core Life skills which helps in enhancing the personality of an individual. They
are as
(a)Self Awareness. Recognition of “self”, our character, our strengths and weaknesses, desires, likes
and dislikes, and skills. Being aware of the good points about oneself helps young people build a
sense of self- esteem and self-confidence. Self-awareness is necessary for developing a positive
attitude towards life.

(b)Empathy : Is the ability to be sensitive to another person`s situation, to understand his/her

concerns, worries, fears and needs and how they feel. Empathy works wonders when we apply it to
our relationships – with our loved ones, classmates, parents, friends, cousins and colleagues.

(c) Critical Thinking: Is the ability to analyze information and experience in an objective manner.

(d) Creative Thinking: Creativity is the ability to generate new ideas by combining, changing, or
reapplying
existing ideas.

(e)Problem Solving Skills. Enable us to deal with problems in our lives in a constructive manner. The
process of problem solving involves various steps. They are identifying the problem, exploring the
available alternative and deciding on the best possible solution.

(f) Decision Making: Decision making is to choose from the varied options based on the existing
knowledge of
(g)Interpersonal Relationship: Ability to establish positive relationships helps us to relate in
positive ways with the people we interact with. This means being able to make and
maintain friendly relationships, which can be of great importance to our mental and social
well being.

(h)Effective Communication: Is the ability to express, verbally through spoken or written

language and non-verbally through gestures and body movements, in ways that are
culturally acceptable.

(j)Coping with Emotions: Being aware of the predominant emotion that preoccupies the
mind at any point of time, knowing how emotions influence behavior, and being able to
respond to emotions appropriately.

(k)Coping with Stress: Means recognizing the source of stress in our lives, recognizing how
this affects us physically and emotionally, and acting in ways that help us control our levels
of stress, by changing our environment or life style and learning how to relax.
FACTORS INFLUENCING / SHAPING PERSONALITY :

Traditionally, modern psychological studies suggest that factors such as the ones below have a lasting
effect on an individual's personality.
Hereditary: Your personality can be influenced by the genes you may have inherited from either your mother’s or
your father’s side or a combination of both. Apart from inheriting physical attributes, like height, weight and skin/
hair color, psychologists have ascertained that our mental aptitudes and temperaments which have the potential
for influencing our personality, are to a certain extent, hereditary.
Self-Development: Self-development is the most important factor that can influence one’s personality. Self-
awareness is
the key; it entails believing in oneself and one’s capabilities.
Environment: Our environment can also play a significant role on our personality. Right from early childhood
through all the stages of development, our home and family, our school and teachers, our friends and colleagues
at work, all exert influence on the development of our personality.
Education: Education falls into two categories; school smarts and street smarts. Thus, the most effective way of
shaping one's personality is to have a taste of both types and experience both worlds. School smarts are the
knowledge gained from school while street smarts are the learning that came from even the most unlikely sources.
Life-situations. Our situations in life are constantly changing and these can affect our personality in varying
degrees. Some have greater opportunities in life like better amenities, better schools and greater advantages than
others. Learning skills, life skills, communicative skills and language skills although partially latent in some, can
only be acquired through personal effort and gained through practice and experience.
Past Experiences: Experience is one of the major determinants of personality, it could affect a person either
positively or negatively. For instance a person who has harsh experiences of say, being left behind, may
display characteristics of distrust and may isolate himself from others. On the other hand, good experiences
can fuel us either consciously or subconsciously to be motivated to work towards achieving the same results.
People respond depending upon their experiences whether good or bad.

Dreams and Ambitions : Dreams and ambitions shape our personality in a way that it facilitates our goals. We
start to set priorities and change the way we are in order for such priorities to be fulfilled. Hence, these
aspirations are perhaps the strongest factors that develop our attitude towards work and career.

Self-Image: Each person views himself quite different from how other people perceived him. Thus, one's self-
image usually breeds personality characteristics that stick within the self-image.

Values: Personality of an individual is greatly influenced by the values a person strongly believes in a person
who adheres to high moral standards is a well-respected member of the society.

CONCLUSION
Problems are not to be avoided or feared. Problems are part of life, and are there for us to solve,
not evade. Problems left unsolved can bring mental stress and eventually affect our health.
 Personality Development - II
COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Communication is sharing ideas, opinions, thoughts, feeling and understanding through speech,
writing, gestures or symbols between two or more persons. We are communicating all the time with others.

UNDERSTANDING BASICS OF COMMUNICATION

Communication is conveying a message – verbally, written or through the use of signs. If we do not
talk with others, then they will not know what we are thinking and they will not be able to understand us. One
will feel terribly lonely this way.

For some people, it is the problem of not knowing how to communicate. For others, it may be that
they are too afraid to talk about their problems, share their views, and let others know what is going on in
their mind.

In fact, without communication, our relationships with others are likely to be dominated by suspicion,
guesses, misunderstandings and false assumptions. Empathy creates wonderful results only when we are
willing to let others know how we feel.
Different Ways of
Communication
There are three ways of communication as under:-

(a) Aggressive: They believe that everyone should like them; I am never wrong I have got rights but you don’t.
They have a closed mind and are poor listeners. They have difficulty in seeing the other person’s point of
view, they interrupt and monopolize. They tend to dominate and put down others. They are bossy. While
communicating they frown, stare, talk loudly or have a yelling tone of voice.

(b) Passive: The persons do not express their true feelings; they do not disagree and think that others have more
rights than they do. Their communication style is indirect, they always agree and do not speak out and are
very hesitant. While communicating they often lack facial expression and stand with down cast eyes.

(c) Assertive: The person believes he/she as well as others are valuable. They know that if they have rights then
others also have rights. They are active listeners and check on others 60 feelings. They are action oriented,
attentive, vocal, expressive, good listeners, aware, supportive, persuasive, fair, open and consistent in
behavior. Their expectations are realistic. They have open and natural gestures. They maintain an eye
contact while communicating.
Components of Effective
Communication
Effective Communication involves:-
(a) Verbal Communication: One person talks and the other person listens or the group of people listens to be
able to react. The conversation can be informative, in the form of questions, a negotiation, and
statement or open-ended questions, instruction, etc and the situation can be formal or informal.

(b) Non-Verbal Communication: Non-verbal communication is that which gives meaning to what is said and
may
communicate both appreciation and rejection.

(c) Listening: During communication, one person talks and another person listens. The listeners must give
attention
to all that is said, without interrupting the speaker and react later in a relevant manner.
Listening
Barriers:
(a) Interrupting the speaker. (b) Not maintaining eye contact with the speaker. (c) Rushing the
speaker to complete what he has to say. (d) Making the speaker feel as though he is wasting the
listener’s time.
(e) Being distracted by something that is not part of the ongoing communication. (f) Getting
ahead of the speaker and completing his thoughts. (g) Ignoring the speaker’s requests. (h)
Topping the speaker’s story with one’s own set of examples. (j) Forgetting what is being
discussed.

Barriers While Speaking:

(a) Unclear message. (b) Lack of consistency in the communication process. (c) Incomplete
sentences or mumbling words and sentences. (d) Not understanding the receiver. (e) Poor eye
contact.

Conclusion
The ability to effectively communicate with other people is an important life skill. Through
communication, people reach some understanding of each other, learn to like each other,
influence one another, build trust, and learn more about themselves and how people perceive
them.
Reducing the Communication
Gap.
The following steps will help in reducing the communication gap:-
(a) Plan ahead.
(b) Involve others to contribute to planning.
(c) Listen to the suggestions made by others.
(d) Speak with purpose and be specific.
(e) Justify your stand without upsetting others.
(f) Have sense of humour.
(g) Have empathy.
(h) Do not be judgmental.
(i) Do not underestimate the ability of others to contribute.
(j) Observe the body language or the non-verbal communication of
others.
(k) Be transparent to inform others of the planned activities and get
feedback.
(l) Make modification in the plan to suit the need.
(m)The words ‘yes’ and ‘no’ are very powerful. Learn to use them
appropriately.
 Group Discussions
Stress is a very common phenomenon and is universal in nature. It is our body’s reaction
to people and events and to our own thoughts. Some level of stress is normal, such as before a
test, stage performance or an athletic event. Coping with stress means recognizing the source of
stress in our lives, recognizing how this affects us physically and emotionally, and acting in ways
that help us control our levels of stress, by changing our environment or life style and learning
how to relax.

Understanding Stress and its Impact :

Stress is unique and personal to each of us. What is relaxing to one person may be stressful to
another. But too much stress can have physical and psychological effects that interfere with the
health and well-being of an individual.

The key to reducing stress is to find strategies that help you as an individual. The best
way to cope with unhealthy stress is to recognize when your stress levels are building. While we
often think of stress as the result of external events, the events themselves are not necessarily
stressful. It is the way we react to an event that causes stress.
Stress Management
Techniques
There are many ways to manage negative stress. Everyone needs to find ways that work best for them.
(a) Take Deep Breath. Stress often causes us to breathe quickly and this almost always causes more stress. Try
to take deep
slow breaths. Inhale enough so your lower abdomen rises and falls.
(b) Talk It Out. When you feel stressed, try to express your feelings. Bottling of feelings can increase stress. Share
your feelings. Perhaps a friend, family members, teacher can help you see your problem in a new way. Talking
with someone else can help clear your mind of confusion so that you can focus on problem solving. EWriting
down thoughts and feeling can help clarify the situation and give a new perspective.
(c) Take A Break. Recognize when you are most stressed and allow yourself some reasonable break. When
things seem
especially difficult, take a walk or otherwise change your scenery.
(d) Create A Quiet Place in Your Mind. You cannot always run away, but you can dream. When you have the
chance, take a
moment to close your eyes and imagine a place where you feel relaxed and comfortable.
(e) Pay Attention to Physical Comfort. Be as physically comfortable as the situation will allow. Wear comfortable
clothing. If it`s too hot, go somewhere where it`s not. If chair is uncomfortable, move. Do not wait until your
discomfort turns into a real problem.
(f) Move. Physical activity can help reduce and prevent stress. Running, stretching, walking or dancing can be
done anywhere. Working in the garden, cleaning or playing with your younger children can relieve stress,
make you relax and energize you.
(g) Take Care of your Body. Healthy eating and adequate sleep fuels your mind as well as your body. Avoid eating
too much caffeine and sugar. Well-nourished bodies are better able to cope with stress.
(h) Laugh. Maintain your sense of humor, including the ability to laugh at yourself. Share jokes and funny stories
(j)Manage your Time. Plan ahead and make a realistic schedule for yourself and include time for
stress reduction as a regular part of your schedule. If a particularly unpleasant task faces you, do it
early in the day and get over with it; the rest of your day will be less stressful.
(k)Know your Limits. When in a stressful situation, ask yourself is this my problem? If it isn`t, leave it
alone. If it is, can I resolve it now? Once the problem is settled, leave it alone. Do not agonize over the
decision. There are many circumstances in life beyond your control.
(l) Do you have to be Right Always? Do you get upset when things don`t go your way? Consider
cooperation or
compromise rather than confrontation. It may reduce the strain and help everyone feel more
comfortable.
(m)Have a Good Cry. It is normal for people of all ages to cry. A good cry during stressful times can be
a healthy way to bring relief to your stress, and may prevent a headache or other physical
consequences of stress. However, crying daily can be sign of depression.
(n)Look for the Good Things around You. It is easy to see only the negative side when you are
stressed. Decide to notice five good things around you. These can be positive or enjoyable moments
or interactions. These may seem like small events but as these good things add they can often
provide a big lift to energy and spirits and help you begin to see things in a new, more balanced way.
(o)Talk Less, Listen More. Listening banishes stress, makes you more popular, more knowledgeable,
more sensitive.
 Change your mind set

What is Mind Set

Most people keep a running account of what’s happening to them, what it means, and what
they should do. In other words, our minds are constantly monitoring and interpreting. That’s just
how we stay on track. But sometimes the interpretation process goes away. Some people put more
extreme interpretations on things that happen—and then react with exaggerated feelings of anxiety,
depression, anger or superiority. Your mindset is the sum of your knowledge, including beliefs and
thoughts about the world and yourself in it. It is your filter for information you get in and put out. It
determines how you receive and react to information.

In a grown mindset, people believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through
dedication and hard work. Brains and talent are just the starting point. This view creates a love of
learning and a resilience that is essential for great accomplishment. Virtually all great people have
had these qualities. Teaching a growth mindset creates motivation and productivity in the worlds of
business, education, and sports. It enhances relationships.
How to Change Your Mindset
Get the Best Information Only. Try to find the very best information in your field. Then focus on
learning this information only. One of the critical personal skills today is not to find information, but
to select the best information and avoid the rest.

Role Model the Best People. Look for the best people in your field and try to model what they did
right. Adopt their kind of thinking and mindset. Follow them. Of course, keep and only add what you
think is right for you.

Examine Your Current Beliefs. Examine your mindset by looking at your current belief system. Are
these beliefs supporting you or are there self-limiting beliefs? You have to identify those possible
blocks and turn them around, because whether you know about limiting beliefs or not, they are
working in your subconscious mind.

Shape Your Mindset with Vision and Goals. A proactive approach to build your mindset is to clearly
see where you want to go. Seeing a vision, images describing your end result clearly in your mind’s
eye, will create a strong pull towards this end result.
Find Your Voice. One of the most beautiful things is when you find your very own way, something
what you could call finding your voice. To help you find this, answer these four questions.

(a) What are you good at? That’s your mind. (b) What do you love doing? That’s your heart. (c) What
need can you serve? That’s the body. (d) And finally, what is life asking of you? What gives your life
meaning and purpose? What do you feel like you should be doing? In short, what is your conscience
directing you to do? That is your spirit.

Protect Your Mindset. One thing you have to do is to protect your mindset against the people who
want to drag you down. You also have to protect it against bad information and against overload.
Keeping your confidence is a big thing. So please stay on the right path, look to improve yourself and
to help others along the way.

Let Go of Comparisons. Where you are at this very moment is all that matters. Try to stay focused on
your own situation, needs and dreams without worrying about what other people are doing. The
reality of other people’s situations is not transparent so your desires and jealousies are not even
based on the full picture. Those are the key questions you can use to direct your path.
 Group Discussions
Time Management
Time management is a set of skills, tools, and systems that work together to help you to get more value
out of your time and use it to accomplish what you want. Successful people use time management to achieve
outstanding results, both personally and professionally. The key to time management is to realize that you cannot
possibly do everything that there is to do; instead, you have to prioritize what you are going to do with the limited
time that you have at your disposal. Look in a mirror and you will see your biggest time waster. Until you come to
grips with that reality, your personal time problems will remain.
Time management helps you to:-
(a) Reduce or eliminate wasted time and effort so you’ll have more productive time each day.
(b) Improve your productivity so you can accomplish more with less effort.
(c) Focus your time and energy on what is most important and make time for the things you want and value. Thus,
help you find greater balance and fulfilment.
(d) Improve your performance while reducing stress.
(e) Set and achieve your long-term goals.

Principles of Time Management

There are some basic principles of time management. These are given in the subsequent paragraphs.
Develop a Personal Sense of Time. Make sure you know where your time goes. Don’t depend on memory, it’s
treacherous. You cannot manage time that is past. But you can examine how you managed it in an objective and
realistic way.
Identify Long-Term Goals. The foundation of good time management is to first, find out what matters deeply to you –
what it is you really want to achieve in life. What really matters to you at this stage of your life? Remember, they
must be your values no-one else’s. In this, concentrate on four key areas of your life - Self and Well-being, Community
and Humanity, Home and Family and Business and Career.

Concentrate on High Return Activities. In any organisation there are a few basic functions, which are central to its
effective functioning. For a classroom teacher the high-return activity will be enabling the children to learn well. For a
principal it will be empowering staff to be effective teachers by having a smoothly running school. Therefore, identify
which activities are going to give you the highest return and concentrate on them.

Weekly and Daily Planning. Traditional time management teaching talks of daily planning, so why change? If we
mainly focus on our daily scheduling, we’re looking at what’s under our nose. and we tend to become immersed in
the urgent. Hence, from our monthly goals and objectives, plan a weekly focus. Planning on a weekly basis helps us
to take better control of our lives.

Make the Best Use of Your Best Time. The quality of your attention or concentration varies at different times. You
may notice that you habitually tend to be more mentally alert, at certain times of the day. 20% of your time produces
80% of your high- quality output. The most important tasks in a day only take about 20 percent of our time and will
make 80 percent of the difference to the smooth running of things. So, make sure that you manage well that critical
20% of your time. Learn to focus on the vital few things which will make a long-term difference.
Make Use of Committed Time. You may sometimes complain that you lack time. But you have all the time there is
for you. At work there is time which you can choose to spend as, committed time. Think of an example of committed
time in the last week, where you found unexpectedly that you had at least half an hour to spare. What did you do
with it? Could you have put that time to better use? What would you need to have had with you in order to do so?
 Team
Types and Characteristics of a Team work
Definition of a Team. When two or more people who are interdependent, who share responsibility for
outcomes, who see themselves and are seen by others as an intact social entity in a larger social
system are called as “Teams”. When teams are formed, its member must have (or quickly develop)
the right mix of complementary competencies to achieve the team’s goals.

Types of Teams.
(a) Functional Teams. They usually represent individuals who work together daily on a cluster of
ongoing and
independent tasks.

(b) Problem Solving Teams. They focus on specific issues in their areas of responsibility, develop
potential
solutions and are often empowered to take actions within defined limits.

(c) Cross - Functional Teams. They bring together the knowledge and skills of people from various work
areas to identity and solve mutual problems.
Importance of a
Team.
(a) A team is a small number of employees with complementary competencies (abilities, skills and knowledge) who
are
committed to common performance, goals and working relationship for which they hold themselves mutually
accountable.
(b) A key aim of teamwork is group synergy, namely the achievement of high quality as a result of combined
individual contributions. Students working in teams benefit particularly from brainstorming and bouncing ideas of
each other, learning from each other, discussing work in teams outside contact times and checking results.
(c) In a team we can establish an agreed set of team guidelines. We know team members, their strengths, and
preferred ways of working and preferred roles. We can discuss the task problems to arrive at a shared
understanding and summarise this shared understanding of any project

SUMMARY
While under stress we may experience the following : feelings, thoughts, behaviours or physical symptoms:-

Stress Management Techniques: (a) Take Deep Breath. (b) Talk It Out. (c) Take A Break. (d) Create A Quiet Place in
Your Mind.
(e) Pay Attention to Physical Comfort. (f) Move. (g) Take Care of your Body. (h) Laugh. (j) Manage your Time. (k)
Know your Limits. (l) Do you have to be Right Always? (m) Have a Good Cry. (n) Look for the Good Things around You.
(o) Talk Less, Listen More.

How to Change Your Mindset: (a) Get the Best Information Only. (b) Role Model the Best People. (c) Examine Your
Current Beliefs. (d) Shape Your Mindset with Vision and Goals. (e) Find Your Voice. (f) Protect Your Mindset. (g) Let
Go of Comparisons.
 PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT
- IV INTERVIEW SKILLS
Career development is a lifelong process that actually starts when an individual is born.
There are a number of factors that influence career development, including one’s interest, abilities,
values, personality, background, and circumstances. Career Counselling is a process that will help
you to know and understand yourself in order to make career, educational, and life decisions with
more and more diverse Choosing a career is not a serious affair until 12th grade. However, once
you are done with 12th, it is necessary to choose a definite career and decide a career goal.
Choosing the right career option keeping one’s interest in mind is necessary. In addition to this,
selecting the right education institution is equally important.

Curriculum Vitae (CV).

Curriculum Vitae : An outline of a person’s educational and professional history, it is usually
prepared for job
applications. Another name for a CV is a resume.
A CV is the most flexible and convenient way to make applications. It can convey your
personal details in the way that presents you in the best possible light and can be used to make
multiple applications to employers in a specific career area. There is no "one best way" to prepare a
CV. It is your document and can be structured and presented as you wish within the basic
The
Interview
Interview Skills: The interview is the final test most people have to clear in getting a job. Some colleges
and scholarship committees also require interviews. Being chosen for an interview means someone is
interested in your skills, knowledge and experience. However, a great application or resume can quickly
find its way into the garbage if you do not do well in an interview. You now must become a sales person.
The interviewer is the buyer. They want to see if your talents meet their needs for the job or for
admission to the college. Sell yourself.

The interview is when you want to tell the employer or admissions representative about your strengths,
skills, education, and work experience. Knowing yourself - positively selling your strong points - is what
is going to get you the job or admission to the college.

Before the Interview:

(a) Do your homework! Learn as much as you can about the company or college before the interview.
(b) Do some research: ask people who work there, go to the library, look on the internet, and make an
anonymous call to the secretary. Find out what services/products the company provides, how long
they have been in business, whether the company is growing or downsizing.
(c) An interviewer will be impressed that you have made an effort to learn about the company or
college. Read
any material they send you!
(d) Know where you are going. Drive by the site of the interview a day or two before the interview.
(f) Be prepared when you go to the interview. Bring extra copies of your resume, your portfolio, a notepad with
some
questions prepared for the interview, and a pen.
(g)Dress for Success! Hair should be clean, properly cut and combed. Fingernails must be clean with no gaudy
polish. Keep perfume, cologne and aftershave to a minimum. Brush your teeth and look fresh. The recommended
dress is as under:-.
(i) Women: Dress, skirt (not too short), or dress pants with a nice blouse or blazer. No excessive jewellery, make-
up, or “big
hair.”
(ii) Men: Pants (not jeans!), collared shirt, tie, sports coat and shoes. A suit may be worn.

Conclusion
Interviewing is one of the most important skills one can have in the workplace. You cannot move in or up
without passing the interview. Yet as important as it is, few people ever take the time to study material on the
skills needed to master that process. They go in to an interview, answer the questions as best as they can and
hope for the best. However, there is a technique to interviewing. It’s just as important as your CVs’, skills,
experience, and accomplishments.

SUMMARY
The interview is when you want to tell the employer or admissions representative about your strengths,
skills, education, and work experience. Knowing yourself - positively selling your strong points - is what is going to
get you the job or admission to the college. The interview is the final hurdle most people have to cross in getting a
job. Some colleges and scholarship committees also require interviews. Being chosen for an interview means