The present-day young generation is being increasingly attracted
towards personality grooming programmes. Scores of young men and
women, and even teenagers, are joining grooming institutes and
spending hefty amounts with a view to improve and smarten their
personalities. Many such places charge as much as ten to twenty
thousand rupees for 5-7 day courses. Nevertheless, the youth are not
getting the desired benefits. In spite of all the labor and expense,
their personalities fail to develop the magnetic pull which they so
cherish, or the character traits which could ensure their success in
life. The famous maxim "All that glitters is not gold" is proving
right in regard to these institutes.
There is, however, a positive aspect to this phenomenon. It signifies
an increasingly strong desire in the youth to refine and reshape their
personalities, their awakened awareness about themselves and their
growing sense of responsibility towards life. This pleasant trend
gives a sense of hope. Lucky indeed is the nation whose youth is alert
about their overall personality development. They appear to have
realized that now-a-days labor by itself is not sufficient for opening
the doors to success. The psychological impact cast by the
personality, too, is important.
If we want to make a mark in the world, we will have to cultivate some
specific attributes in our personalities.
The first of these is effective witnessing: That is, objectively
witnessing with deep understanding what occurs or exists before and
around. Only those who have this penetrating understanding are able to
utilize their strengths effectively. Witnessing requires a very keen
and perceptive vision; a vision, which is free from the defects of
prejudice and ego-sense and whose essence is what the scriptures call
'neer-ksheer- vivek', that is, the subtle discriminative power. We
should be able to assess, in the very first meeting, the general
temperament, firmness of character, grasp of the subject matter and
foresight of the person whom we are meeting. It is this discerning
ability, which will tell us how we can deal with the concerned person
in the best possible way. If we are able to do this, every encounter
will become an educative experience. This method is particularly
effective in times of interviews, etc.
The second attribute required in this connection is far-sightedness.
It has been a much talked-about quality for ages but very few actually
know the art of its effective application. Those who do are able to
ensure a bright future for themselves as well as their co-workers.
What is required is to pick up clues and trends from the present and
make a projection on this basis about what could possibly happen in
the future. Chess players, successful businessmen and good
administrators possess this quality of penetrating foresight.
The third characteristic feature of a magnetic personality is
pragmatism. This quality is always beneficial, whether it be a matter
of examination or carrier advancement. What is our correct position
and situation vis-à-vis the circumstances? What are our strengths and
weaknesses? We must have an objective and realistic assessment of all
these factors.
The fourth attribute is thirst for knowledge. People acquire some
degrees and think that the task is over and now the only thing they
have to do is to earn a livelihood, somehow. This thinking is
retrogressive. Personality acquires power of attraction only when it
has a never-satisfying eagerness to acquire wider and deeper
understanding and knowledge of itself and the world. In modern
parlance it is called updating. All experts of career counseling
advise that one should keep acquiring more and more knowledge, and
learning newer and newer things in one's field of work. They even
recommend that, apart from inculcating a reading habit, one should try
to develop the capacity for effective writing, too.
These are some of the salient guidelines for bringing about refinement
of the personality. The questions like "Where are we?" "What are we
doing?" etc have their importance but of the greatest importance is
the luster personality. That is why Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya at
Gayatri Teerth, Hardwar has compulsorily incorporated 'The art of
personality improvement and living' in all its programmes. It is
another matter that at this unique center of sacred and mundane
learning, one has to repay for his or her education not in terms of
money but altruist service; because selfless service of society
through the talents and expertise is the only genuine certificate of
success of any worthwhile personality grooming programme.
towards personality grooming programmes. Scores of young men and
women, and even teenagers, are joining grooming institutes and
spending hefty amounts with a view to improve and smarten their
personalities. Many such places charge as much as ten to twenty
thousand rupees for 5-7 day courses. Nevertheless, the youth are not
getting the desired benefits. In spite of all the labor and expense,
their personalities fail to develop the magnetic pull which they so
cherish, or the character traits which could ensure their success in
life. The famous maxim "All that glitters is not gold" is proving
right in regard to these institutes.
There is, however, a positive aspect to this phenomenon. It signifies
an increasingly strong desire in the youth to refine and reshape their
personalities, their awakened awareness about themselves and their
growing sense of responsibility towards life. This pleasant trend
gives a sense of hope. Lucky indeed is the nation whose youth is alert
about their overall personality development. They appear to have
realized that now-a-days labor by itself is not sufficient for opening
the doors to success. The psychological impact cast by the
personality, too, is important.
If we want to make a mark in the world, we will have to cultivate some
specific attributes in our personalities.
The first of these is effective witnessing: That is, objectively
witnessing with deep understanding what occurs or exists before and
around. Only those who have this penetrating understanding are able to
utilize their strengths effectively. Witnessing requires a very keen
and perceptive vision; a vision, which is free from the defects of
prejudice and ego-sense and whose essence is what the scriptures call
'neer-ksheer- vivek', that is, the subtle discriminative power. We
should be able to assess, in the very first meeting, the general
temperament, firmness of character, grasp of the subject matter and
foresight of the person whom we are meeting. It is this discerning
ability, which will tell us how we can deal with the concerned person
in the best possible way. If we are able to do this, every encounter
will become an educative experience. This method is particularly
effective in times of interviews, etc.
The second attribute required in this connection is far-sightedness.
It has been a much talked-about quality for ages but very few actually
know the art of its effective application. Those who do are able to
ensure a bright future for themselves as well as their co-workers.
What is required is to pick up clues and trends from the present and
make a projection on this basis about what could possibly happen in
the future. Chess players, successful businessmen and good
administrators possess this quality of penetrating foresight.
The third characteristic feature of a magnetic personality is
pragmatism. This quality is always beneficial, whether it be a matter
of examination or carrier advancement. What is our correct position
and situation vis-à-vis the circumstances? What are our strengths and
weaknesses? We must have an objective and realistic assessment of all
these factors.
The fourth attribute is thirst for knowledge. People acquire some
degrees and think that the task is over and now the only thing they
have to do is to earn a livelihood, somehow. This thinking is
retrogressive. Personality acquires power of attraction only when it
has a never-satisfying eagerness to acquire wider and deeper
understanding and knowledge of itself and the world. In modern
parlance it is called updating. All experts of career counseling
advise that one should keep acquiring more and more knowledge, and
learning newer and newer things in one's field of work. They even
recommend that, apart from inculcating a reading habit, one should try
to develop the capacity for effective writing, too.
These are some of the salient guidelines for bringing about refinement
of the personality. The questions like "Where are we?" "What are we
doing?" etc have their importance but of the greatest importance is
the luster personality. That is why Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya at
Gayatri Teerth, Hardwar has compulsorily incorporated 'The art of
personality improvement and living' in all its programmes. It is
another matter that at this unique center of sacred and mundane
learning, one has to repay for his or her education not in terms of
money but altruist service; because selfless service of society
through the talents and expertise is the only genuine certificate of
success of any worthwhile personality grooming programme.
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