Nurture
Nature
Is a disposition to behave consistently in a particular
way.
Personality
Inventories
Projective
Tests
The Key to a Brighter Future
Your personality is the combination of
characteristics that makes you different
from every other person with your own
strengths and weaknesses, needs, and
ways of expressing yourself.
Emotional--related to feelings such as
happiness or sorrow.
Social--the ways that people relate to
others.
Intellectual--the cognitive or mental
abilities.
The way you see yourself, or self-concept, is
influenced by your experiences, by what
people say to you, and by what you say to
yourself. It is important to have a realistic
self-concept because your views of yourself
influence your life in many different ways.
Your self-concept is the picture you
have of yourself. Your self-esteem is
the value or importance you place on
yourself. If you like yourself and have a
positive self-concept, you will have
high self-esteem
Learn to accept praise.
Focus on your strengths.
Accept yourself as you are.
Learn from your mistakes.
Use your strengths to help
others.
Take responsibility for
your own life.
Your self-concept
and self-esteem
affect every aspect of
your life.