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.

    性格"一詞來自拉丁語的"persona"(面具的意思).因此,性格可以說是一個人面對世界上的事物時所戴的"面具".沒有哪兩個人的性格是完全一樣的.一個人的品位和思想構成了不同的性格特點.實際上,一個人的性格就是其內心世界的外在表現.一個人的性格大概是他在這個世上最真實悠久的個人寫照.如果約翰喜歡幫助那些弱勢全體, 那么我們會永遠記得他是一個好人. 因此,在某種意義上說,性格就是一個人的顏色.

    在我的日常生活中,經常遇見一些人比別人更受歡迎.名望是一種主觀現象.許多社會學家正在嘗試著找出它的構成因素.近來,有許多報道說斯貝爾茲.布里特尼在賭場豪賭甚至一絲不掛地駕車離去.不久,她就成為了雅虎網搜索列表的"榜首人物". 很不可思議吧? 自然, 她就成了一個亮點人物,不是嗎? 所以,一個性格開朗的人比起那些古板的人應該更受歡迎吧?長相漂亮的人比丑八怪有更大的受歡迎度吧? 但是事實上,我們很難準確地指出哪種性格受歡迎抑或是不受歡迎.

    行為可以理解成性格根據某種環境所做的反映.兩個人對于同一情形所做的反應是不同的.因為他們的性格各異.比方說,以一個性格內向的人和一個性格外向的人為例.我們創設一個完全一樣的環境來研究他們的行為和性格差異.我們把這兩個人同時安排在兩間一模一樣的房間內,并要求他們在兩個小時內閱讀一本書.然后,我們吩咐一群流氓闖進去搗亂,你認為兩人在這種情形下會有怎樣的表現呢?我們只知道他們的行為會截然不同.

    你對你現在的工作滿意嗎?你是否在不斷地期盼著有更好的新工作呢?你或許不清楚,但是你的工作表現和你的性格有著密切的關聯.如果你特別的害羞并且討厭社交,那么你就不適合做銷售或者公關工作.當然你或許可以嘗試著改變自己的行為方式,采用一種更加外向的工作作風,但你不會開心.因為有些性格特征是與生懼來很來改變的.比如說,一個懶惰的人就很難改變他的懶散的作風.如果你了解自己的性格,那么你會找一份適合自己,自己擅長的工作.

    如果你不清楚自己屬于哪種性格,那么就去做性格測驗吧. 它會幫你更好地了解自己.