Personality comes from the Latin word “persona” which means “mask”. Thus, it can be said that personality is a ‘mask’ a person wears to face the world. No two persons are identical in terms of personality. A person’s tastes and ideas add to the colors of his or her personality. Effectively, personality is the outward reflection of a person’s inner self. To the world, personality is arguably the most long lasting map to the history of a person. If John is a person who likes to give to the less fortunate, people will remember him as a kind person. In a sense, personality is the colors of a person.
In the normal walk of life, we come across people who are more popular than others. Popularity is a subjective phenomenon and many a sociologist is still trying to figure out what makes for popularity. Recently, there have been reports about Britney Spears gambling in casinos and jumping into cars without wearing panties. Soon, she’s No. 1 on Yahoo’s Top Searched Item List. It’s strange, isn’t it? Surely, Britney Spears is a colorful person, right? A person with a bright personality is usually more popular than a person with a dull personality, right? Beautiful people are usually more popular than ugly people, right? Actually, it’s hard to pinpoint what kind of personality is popular and what is unpopular.
Behavior can be described as the manifestation of personality in response to a situation. No two persons will react to the same situation in the same manner. This is because of the person’s personality. Let’s take the example of an introvert and an extrovert. We shall create a situation to study how they behave in the same environment. The introvert and the extrovert are placed into 2 identical rooms at the same time. Every effort is taken to ensure that the environment is the same. They are told to read a book in 2 hours. Then, we ask a group of hooligans to go into the rooms and thrash the rooms. How do you think the introvert and the extrovert will behave in such an environment? We don’t know but we know they will behave differently.
Are you satisfied with how your career is turning out? Are you constantly on the lookout for a new job? You may not consciously know it but your personality has a great bearing of your job performance. If you are extremely shy and hate to socialize, you are not cut for a sales job or a PR position. You may try to change your ways and take on a more outgoing style but you may not be happy. There are some personality traits which are inherent. For instance, a lazy person is hard to change. If you know yourself well, you will find a career that suits your personality and excel in it.
If you are not sure about your personality type, take a personality test. It will serve you well to know yourself a little better.
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性格的颜色
性格这个单词来自于拉丁词语“persona”，它的意思是“面具”。因此，我们可以说性格就是人们面对世界所戴上的面具。没有两个人在性格方面是完全相同的。一个人的品味和想法增添了他或她的性格。实际上，性格是一个人表达内在自我的方式。对于整个世界，性格是能够记录一个人历程的最长、最久的地图。如果约翰是一个对不幸的人伸出援助之手的人，人们将会记得他是一个善良的人，性格就是一个人的颜色。
在各个普通的行业中，我们会碰到许多很受欢迎的人。讨人喜欢是个很主观的现象，许多社会学家还在尝试找出什么导致一个人受欢迎。最近，布兰妮在娱乐场所赌博，并且不穿内裤跳进车内。很快，她登上雅虎搜索项目列表顶峰。这很奇怪，不是吗？是的，布兰妮是一个色彩斑斓的人，对吧？一个有着明朗性格的人通常会比有着阴暗性格的人来的受欢迎，对吧？漂亮的人通常比丑陋的人更讨人喜欢，对吧？而实际上，搞清楚到底哪种性格的人讨人喜欢，而哪种人不受欢迎并不是那么容易。
行为举止可以被描述为性格对于情形做出反应的表现。没有人会在同一情形下做出相同的反应。这就是由于人们的性格。我们用性格内向和外向的人举个例子。我们需要创建一个情景来研究他们在同一情境下是如何表现的。内向的人和外向的人在同时被放入两个同样的房间。每次都要保证他们所处的环境是相同的。他们被告知，要在两小时内读完一本书。之后，我们请一群小流氓冲进房间，在房间里乱敲乱打。在完全相同的环境下，你认为内向的人和外向的人都会如何表现呢？我们不知道他们会如何表现，但是我们知道他们的反应一定大相径庭。
你对于自己目前的事业是否满意？你总是在寻找新的工作吗？你自己可能没意识到，但是你的性格对于你工作的表现有着很大的关系。如果说你很害羞，不愿意社交，你就不适合销售以及公关的工作。你可能要尝试改变自己，要变得更外向，但是你可能会不开心。这就是与生俱来的个性品质。例如，一个懒惰的人很难做出改变。如果你对自己了解充分，那么你就会找到一份适合自己性格的工作，并且游刃有余。
如果你对自己的性格类型还不确定，那就做一个性格测试吧。它会让你更好的了解自己。