Personality Development

PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT

It is every body’s Endeavour to strive hard to improve the Personality Development. A Nation’s pride is the people’s power of personality. If the people are strong and dynamic, naturally any country is powerful and strong. If the people are weak and uncultured, same is the Nation. Any country will be strengthened only on the basis of the powerful character building of the people especially youth. It goes to say that the strength and glory of a Nation depends on the sum total of the Character of each and every individual constituting the Nation.

The Development of Personality has four major dimensions: They are:-

1. Physical Development
2. Intellectual l Development
3. Moral Development
4. Spiritual Development


A person’s character is all rounded i.e., to say that he has all the above four dimensions – Physical, Intellectual, Moral and Spiritual. Lacking of any one of the above four dimensions, does not form full personality of a person. If a person is very strong physique, but he has no intellectual growth, it cannot be termed as a full fledged Personality. So also, an intellectual person does not have a moral sense of outlook, he cannot be called as so. Further, without spiritual strength, all the other three strengths may not give totality to any person. Hence, it is to be understood that the significance of the all these four dimensions of our personality, make one’s own whole personality strong and meaningful in his life. There are certain methods where by disciplined and regulatory efforts, we can achieve systematic development of our personality and attain fulfillment in our life. The various techniques we have to learn for total development of our personality in a comprehensive and chronological way.


Let us discuss one by one to touch upon each factor.

1. Physical Development

It is nothing but the development of physical structure of the body, the muscles, the nerves, the body language, and the health factors. A healthy body of any person reflects his development of personality. His personality resembles through the bodily improvements, muscles improvement, body beauty, Body language, human structure etc. One must strive hard to build up his body in such a way that it should be free from all disabilities. Physical development of a person goes to say that he is having a good personality. A good nutrition food is necessary for every human being to strengthen his bodily acts. A good exercise and yoga are also necessary for healthy body. Participation of games and sports is one of the important factors for development of physical structure of the body. Every human being must spare some time to set apart for Games and sports. Morning walk and evening walk are also habituated to gain physical stamina and to restrict from other bodily difficulties. Timely food and timely sleep with necessary intervals are to be regulated every day to avoid unnecessary obstacles. A healthy body will give mental satisfaction to all individuals and it paves the way for healthy life. It is a wonderful instrument or machine of human body for which we have to take care of it by adding enough fuel and energy. We should always work hard to get the Human instrument or human machine to function well at all times. To make body strength, attention should be given to four aspects i.e., (1) Food, (2) Exercise, (3) Cleanliness, and (4) Worry-less ness. Every person, especially youth should given sufficient attention to nutritious, balanced diet every day. Food has to be taken in regular intervals, timely taking, something pleasing to mind to have tasty food. Regular exercises have to follow suit to bring happiness to body. Exercises are very helpful to human body to function well. It contributes for the development of our physique. All the people, exercise is a mandatory for Physical wellbeing. Regular exercises are necessary to gain general physical health and to remain alert and enthusiastic through out the day. Neatness and cleanliness is another important factor for healthy body for which we have to take every care to maintain cleanliness. Where there is no cleanliness in the body, the body becomes prone to diseases and the mind gets disturbed and distracted. When we take regular bath and wear clean dresses, there is an elated feeling of wellbeing in the body and confidence in the mind. If all these four aspects are maintained perfectly, your life and feelings are happy and no worry will touch you. Happy life will be in your hands. Development of personality reflects on the development and maintenance of Physical development and growth.

2. Intellectual Development:

It is not enough if you improve only Physical structure, without giving importance to the mental development. It means, the human mind and soul is prepared to withstand in such a way that it should always fresh and clean without indulging into the unsocial and un-ethical aviations which paves the way to lead to the intellectual development. One should keep up his mind cleanly in all the way without giving room to unnecessary evil thoughts. The more this power of concentration, the more knowledge is acquired, because this is the one and only method of acquiring knowledge. There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrate it is, the more power is brought to bear on one point. The main difference between men and the animals is the difference in their power of concentration. If you do not have the ability to develop the power of concentration, there is no meaning at all between men and animals. Mental discipline, Mental structure, Mental attitude should be developed with positive thoughts, positive outlook and broadmindedness. Bad thoughts, bad elements should not be allowed to enter into the minds of every people. If your mind is fresh, every thing appears to be fresh. If your mind is disturbed, every thing appears to be disturbed. Mental peace is very important to any individual in his life. If his mind is in good condition, he should be in a position to work hard and to lead a happy life. Development of mind and mental power constitutes the development of personality and gives utmost satisfaction and happiness to every individual in his life. For getting mental satisfaction, yoga, and meditation is very important to practice which will give your mind clean and fresh. Meditation helps all individuals to establish a proper set of calm mind and creates mental discipline and intellectual attitude and development. Strength is of four types ie., Physical, mental, intellectual and the spiritual. Intellectual strength is superior to physical and mental strength. As such it will form as an important part of our personality. We must have sufficient aspiration to learn more. Deep thinking, creativity are absolutely necessary for intellectual development. The power of concentration gives rise to higher things. One must have tremendous will power to attain concentration and get control of the mind. This will pave the way for getting higher things and achieve success in life. Every person have the power of discrimination to assess between right and wrong. Thus the Personality Development includes not only Physical Development but also Intellectual Development.

3. Moral Development:

Ethical values are more important for human beings. Development of moral values and systems is the first and foremost parameter for any individual in his life. Personality of an individual reflects on the development of his morality. One should maintain far distance from turpitude and depravity. Sincerity and honesty go on parallel lines with morality of individuals. Individuals should utilize moral concepts properly to develop will power by means of practicing moral and ethical values to inbuilt the Moral character in our mind to strengthen the personality in all walks of life. Moral development certainly keep you in a high position in the society and people in and around you will appreciate your personality which you have gained through the development of moral and ethical values. . No human being in the earth will be appreciated by anybody when his lost his conduct and character. If money lost, we can recoup later, if health lost, we can also recover in future, but if character lost, it is not possible to regain in future. So every human being must behave himself properly to maintain moral and ethical values in the society and he should be good to others and others should appreciate his goodness. The personality of an individual flourishes if he takes up moral responsibilities. Morality and Ethics is the best personal characters of human beings to build up their own personality. Even after maintaining the Physical strength, and mental awareness, deficiency in ethical factors leads an individual to lowering his dignity in the society and every body in the society will hate his personality. The personality of an individual rise up to the level of his satisfaction only if he develops moral values and mental soundness. The human body is the greatest body in the universe and a human being the greatest being. Man is higher than all animals, than all angels, none is greater than man. It is true that animals do not have morality.



4. Spiritual Development:

Spiritual Development is one of the parts of the total Personality Development. One must have some divine qualities such as love, tolerance, affection, cooperation, coordination, compassion, purity, service to mankind and poor, truthfulness, fearlessness, kind heart, lovable to all etc. The spiritual development culminates with the Moral Development of a person. See goodness in all the persons. Don’t expect any bad feelings or notions from any body. You have to give good manners to all. You have to teach yourself, every one and make them fit to everything. Service to mankind is service to god. Development of spiritual and moral aspects is very important in one’s own life. It creates total development of personality. Without spiritual development, the totality of the Development of Personality will not suffice. Moral Development of individuals is very much important to lead a good life in society. Conduct and character is most important for any individual. Many persons think that spirituality is for Sanyasis. But it is not correct. The purpose of human life is to manifest the divinity within irrespective of caste, creed, sex, colour, position, and status. Right path is necessary for any one. One should not deviate from the path of righteousness. We have to get rid of certain enemies in our mind, ie., lust, anger, greed, delusion, pride, and jealousy. The moment we get rid of them from our mind, the divine effect will reflect in that pure mirror of our mind. Practice of Yoga, Meditation, and Dhyana are the best methods for the Development of spirituality. So on doing good, thinking holy thoughts continuously that is the only way to suppress base impressions.


If the four dimensions are satisfied, the totality of the Personality built its shape in every individual to lead a happy and joyful life. It is not only beneficial for the individual strength and personal life of an individual, but also acquires social status and upgrades the prestige of the family and friends.