Personality Development – Written Assignment

Learner Name Hanzala Agham Reference ID/ Batch Code FIAT/GVD/24-25/121

Batch code- O5

Course Title Personality development

Assessor Name Priti ma'am

Assessment Area Part 1-Self Development

Part 2 –Effective Communication Skills

Assignment Title Pass

1:Investigate factors which contribute to personality Development

2: Understand Time & explore methods for its management & removing blocks

3: Investigate the development of leadership skills appropriate to specific situations..

4: Recognise Inter Personal Behaviour, its affects on relationships with others.

5: Examine Communication, its types & its importance on our effectiveness.

6: Understand the importance of projecting a positive Image.

Purpose/Aims ✓ Analyse own personality type.

✓ Critically examine a range of factors, which contribute to personality
development.
✓ What is time, its value, how can it be measured.
✓ Identify ways to overcome blocks to effective time-management. (Realise the
importance of TIME MANAGEMENT in everyday life and relate it to self
development.)
✓ Define leadership skills needed for a specific situation.
✓ Propose methods to develop own leadership skills.
✓ Identify a range of methods required for analysing effective interrelationships with
others.
✓ Evaluate the main steps required to develop an open self personality.
✓ Analyse barriers and weaknesses to successful communication
✓ Produce evidence of effective verbal, non verbal and written communication.
✓ Explore how character building and morals will support career development.
✓ Demonstrate public speaking skills.
I confirm that the work submitted for this assignment is my own.
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Learner name Hanzala Agham Date Batch code

Reference id FIAT/GVD/24-25/121 17 Dec 2024 O5

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1. Write your responses in the space provided below the questions

2. Review your answers before submitting the Assignment
3. Also, each question indicates if it is PASS/ MERIT/ DISTINCTION

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Ques1. Define Personality (PASS)

Ans. Personality to means makeup, disposition,nature, character.The combination of
characteristics or qualities that form an individual's distinctive characteristics.

Ques2. Define SWOT. How will you convert Weakness into Strength? (PASS)
Ans. SWOT analysis is a useful technique for understanding your strength and weeknesses,
in relationship to your opportunity,it also warns you about the treats you may face ,this helps
you to prepare more logically for achieving your goals..
I will convert my weekness into strength with the help of action plan.. i
will create my actions plan for weekness to strength. An action plan
consists of a number of action steps or changes to be brought about in
your life.
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Ques 3. Which factor is important for development of one’s personality? Justify by giving
Examples. (PASS)
Ans.There are three main important factors those are heredity,envi environment,and
situation.
Heredity: This refers to the influences on your personality that you are born with. They
are in your genes and there is not much you can do to change these traits.

4. Define Perception, Emotional Intelligence and its impact in one’s Personal and
Professional Life. (PASS)
Ans. 1)Perception is an intellectual process where an individual organized and interprets
his sensory impression to give meaning to the environment.

2)Emotional intelligence involves our ability to understand,express ,and control our emotions.
All learning has an emotional base.
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Ques5. Why do you think Time has to be managed? (PASS)

Ans. We think time has to be managed because Good time management allows you to
accomplish more in a shorter period of time, which leads to more free time which let's take
advantage of learning opportunities and helps you focus which leads to career success. Each
benefit of time management improves another aspects of your life.

Ques6. Talk about your daily Routine & make a DAILY HALF HOUR TIME LOG SHEET. (PASS)
Ans. I wake up at 5'oclock and i take a bath and after I adah namaz and then 7' o clock i get
ready for class .At 8' o clock i leave my home and at 9:45 i reached at class .At 12 o clock i leave
the class and 2:30 pm i reached at my home and then I take a rest and after i spend time with
my family, in this case, would be a document or a list that contains details of what the person
has done from the past half an hour. Here is a sample log sheet for the first half an hour of your
day,

- I woke up

- I brushed my teeth

- I washed my face

- I took a shower.
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Ques 7. What are the Time wasters and how to overcome them? (PASS)
Ans.social media, interruptions, multitasking, working without a plan, taking on coworkers task,
disorganization, procrastination.

Ques8.During your class Activity how you manage your time, What Sort of Typical barriers you
face and how you overcome them. (PASS)
Ans.
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During class activities we manage our time by staying in the class

and discussing the activity. We make plans , we divide work and
hence it gets easier.
One thing that is a barrier I face is shortage of time but somehow I
plan my day accordingly and overcome it.

Ques9. Define Leadership.(PASS)

Ans. Leadership is the influence exercised in inter-personal situations directed through the
communication process ,tow towards the attainment of goals. The Webster Thesaurus defines
'Leadership' to mean "Mastering and ruling.
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Ques10.What are the 7 functions of Leadership? (PASS)

Ans. The 7 function of leadership are as follows:-
1) Lead:- Leaders propel people towards attaining goals either personally or purely in
spirit.

2) Influence :- Leaders affect the team in positive manner to achieve goals.

3)Motivate:- Leader arouse and direct the team's behaviour as per objective set.

4)Control:- Leaders will invariably govern, regulate,comma command and manage team
towards goal attainment.

5)Stimulate:- Leaders excite,urge,provok provoke and charge team.

6)Assert:- Leaders uphold, affirm,and emphasize the objective set and stand up for
righteousness specially in situation where goals are difficult to attain..

7)Co-operate:- The word "coopertate " means work together. Learders ensure hat each person
who is assigned a task ,must perform it and create an atmosphere of cooperation .
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Ques11.What are the qualities of Leadership? (PASS)

Ans.1) Setting objective: It's means goal gives a meaning and purpose to work
2) Organization and Planning: It's means like a road destination.
3) Decision making: correct decision lead to success.
4) Integrity and Honesty: Fair,just and honest is the leader who wins.
5) Enthusiasm: excitement always produce positive results.
6) Ambition: set high standard .
7) Intelligent: smart and well informed are leader who win.
8) Emotional stability: Be clam in every situation and to look at problem objectively.
9) Empathy: It's most important
10) Human relations and people skills: This both things an art and science mastered by able
Leader.
11) Objectivity: leader never lose sight of their goals.
12) Motivating skill: Leader assure and propel their teams and themselves to achieve goals.
13) Technical skills: No excuse and leader know their job and their technical skills regularly.
14) Communication skill: Listen more,talk less ,use positive body language,and blame softly.
15) Social skills : Great leader are friendly,polite and humble.

Ques 12.Why is leadership important? State the 5 reasons which make leadership
important. (PASS)
Ans.They are important skills to have because a good leader is able to bring out the best
abilities in his/her team members and motivate them to work together in achieving a shared
goal. A good leader is also organized and keeps the team on track and focused to avoid delays.
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Ques13.What do you understand by open Self Personality? (PASS)

Ans.Open self personality is a personality in which a person is well aware of his own strengths,
weaknesses, his abilities and other people around him are well aware of those. An open
personality is not mysterious or hidden or even deluded.

Ques 14.Explain the Four Self Johari’s window. (PASS)

Ans.1) Open self means when a person know one's own personality and willing to share ideas ,
thought and feeling with other .

2) Blind self means when other know more about a person than the person.

3) Hidden self means when person knows but is unwilling to share due to shyness, and lack
of confidence.

4) Unknown self means the person nor others know the personality.
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Ques15.Define the Term Transactional Analysis (PASS)

Ans. Transaction Analysis is a model of personality and dynamic of self and it's relationship with
others. It is a social psychology developed by Eric Berne ,MD(d.1970). To 'transact' means to
'conduct; manage; and perform'.....a 'transaction' is an arrangement between human beings to
give and take products and services from each other thus providing gratification to all involved
in the transaction.

Ques16.Define Four Life Stroke Position and its impact while

Working in Team.(PASS)

Ans. Four life stroke position and it's impact while working in team.

1) "I AM OK ;YOU ARE OK: It is hypotically a mentally healthy position. If genuine,

People with this position about themselves and others can solve their problems usefully.
Their prospects are likely to be valid. They accept the implication of other people.

2) I AM NOT OK, YOU ARE OK:This life

position is created when an individual was
too much ignored when he was a child.
Here, an individual believes that he is right,
and all the others around him are wrong.
These are the individual who possesses the
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rebellion child ego and put blame on others

for anything that goes wrong with them.
3) 3) I AM OK, YOU ARE NOT OK: This life
position gets created when an individual
feels that others do things better than him.
He feels inferior to others and believes that
others can do many things which he cannot
do by himself. These kinds of people always
complain about one thing or the other and
remain highly dissatisfied with their lives.
4) I AM NOT OK, YOU ARE NOT OK: This
kind of life position is created by those who
lacks interest in living. They feel life is not
worth living and are the ones who have
been neglected by their parents in their
childhood and were brought up by the
servants.
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Ques:1. Why is the open self personality important? How do you become an open self
personality? (MERIT)
Ans. Technically, When a person knows all his abilities & qualities and willing to share ideas,
thoughts, feelings and values with other that person is called an OPEN SELF PERSONALITY.

Importance of open self personality

1) Build relationships

2)Become trustworthy

3)Build overall personality

4)Helps improving communication skills

5)Gain confidence

6)Gain attraction

7)Clear about goal

8)Helps in service sector

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Ques2: Name one external and internal motivational factor which motivates you towards
achieving your goal. Justify your answer. (MERIT)
Ans:External and Internal Motivational Factors are:
External motivation – the driving force that triggers you in achieving your goal.
Such as: A simple smile and encouragement.
Internal motivation – the force that leads you to achieve a goal because of personal
satisfaction or desire.

Ques 3: List any 3 positive emotions and 3 negative emotions. How can you creatively use each
to become more emotionally intelligent? (MERIT)
Ans: 1) POSITIVE EMOTIONS: positive emotions are happiness, joy, excitement.These positive
emotions feel good.
2) NEGATIVE EMOTIONS:Neagati Negative emotions are sadness, anger, loneliness, can be
difficult, even painful at times.

The positive emotions can borden the thinking.

The negative emotions help to minimize the distraction in case of any
acute situation.

Ques:-4 What are the applications and results of motivation? (MERIT)

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Ans:The Application of motivation is to create a positive environment and to cheer up for the
other person in such a way that he won't feels that he is being pitied. The Result of motivation
can be the positive attitude of the other person towards his goal, and everyone.

Ques: 5 List any three persons in your life who are most empathy oriented towards you. State
what is it that they do for you that makes you like them. (MERIT)
Ans::3 people in my life who are most empathetic towards me are my parents , my best friend
and my friend circle. Most of the times they listen to me and support me. They understand me
and give solutions to my problems .

Ques:6 How will you improve your time-management? State 5 areas in which you commit to
improve. (MERIT)
Ans:1. Determine Your Priorities. In your day-to-day activities, some tasks are more important
than others.

2. Avoid Multitasking.

3. Avoid Distractions.

4. Learn to Say No.

5. Organize Your Day.

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6. Take Breaks.

Ques:7 What are the blocks to efficient time management? How will you overcome them?
(MERIT)
Ans: Most commonly these barriers will include issues like inefficiency, overwhelm,
interruptions, lack of prioritising, and not setting limits. By taking some simple steps to manage
these challenges you can become much calmer and more effective.

Ques 8.Which leadership function do you think is most important and justify your choice.
(MERIT)
Ans: There are 7 function in leadership. I think the most important function influence because if
a Leader affect the team in a positive manner may be they achieve their goals.
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Ques:9.What are the 10 steps of goal setting and achievement?(MERIT)

Ans 1) put the goal in writing
2) Make the goal specific
3) Allow the power of your goals to guide your choice.
4) Read out into the future with your goals to decide what needs to be done today.
5) Make goals ,which are realistic and believable.
6) Make your goals vivids ,striki striking,brogh bright,clear.
7) Make all your goals exciting challenge.
8) All goals must be adjustable to new information.
9) Achieving goals in

Ques10.What are the patterns of communication? Give example for each. (MERIT)
Ans: 1) WRITTEN and VERBAL: The power of the written word far exceeds that of the spoken
word because of the precautions of greater commitments.
2) INTERANAL and EXTERNAL : Interanal communication is that which takes place within
an individual ,within a family and within an organization. Example : self talk and thought.
External communications is about communicating with other like guest,frien
friends,bussin business,coustm cousmter.
3) FORMAL and INFORMAL: Careful thought and a degree of pre- planning is of extreme
significance in formal communication whereas, informal communication is more
spontaneous and requires little or no pre- planning. For example when we communicate
with our elders and guest l, we tend to be formal and while speaking with friends we
tend to be informal.
4) UPWARD,DOWNWARD and HORIZONTAL: Communication with senior is called upward
communication,while communication with juniors is called downward communication.
When people at the same level are communicating,they are communicating on a
horizontal pattern.
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5) GRAPEVINE: Grapevine communication is a popular form of communication although

the results it produces are often lackluster and non productive .Gossip is a common
from of grapevine communication.

Ques:11. What are Ego states? Which Ego state do you operate most often? (MERIT)
Ans: Three Ego states are:
1) PARENT EGO STATE
2) ADULT EGO STATE
3) CHILD EGO STATE

I operate most often is adult ego because it's look responsibility. The
adult ego state is a role of care , concern, respect, responsibility and
maturity.l

Ques12.List any 4 areas where you would like to be more persistent? How will you do
it?(MERIT)
Ans
1) Identify your wants and desires

2) Determine your motivation

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3) Outline your definite action step

4) Keep a positive mental attitude

5) Build your mastermind group

6) Devleop discipline and habit

Ques1.Does your "personality" need improvement? Why?(DISTINCTION)

Ans:Personality development helps you develop an impressive personality and makes you stand
apart from the rest.
Personality development also plays an essential role in improving one's communication skills.
Individuals ought to master the art of expressing their thoughts and feelings in the most desired
way.

Ques2.List 5 areas in which you hold negative attitudes. How can you change these to positive
attitudes? (DISTINCTION)
Ans: I possess negative attitude in the below areas
1) EMOTIONAL: Get short tempered quickly is predection mediation .
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2) OVEREATING :Eat huge amount of oily and deep fried foods.Do regular
exercise.
3) Lack of interest in studies: Pay proper attention
While teacher take class.
4) Playing mobile games : Divert my mind and spend time in
outdoor games
5) Saying lies : control mind and practice saying truth always in
every situation.

Ques3.How can you motivate people? Give example. (DISTINCTION)

Ans1).Ask them. Explain exactly what you need, by when, and why.

2) Involve them. Ask them what it will take for them to get involved.
3) Trust them. Give them the autonomy to decide how the work will be done, within
certain parameters.
People are mostly demotivated because of negative stream of thoughts like
expectations, probabilities, miseries, volume of task, toughness etc.

All they need is a strong push towards deeds.

Similar to how a bird learns to fly.

Just learn to give that push and you will become an excellent motivator.
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Ques4.What are the applications of Emotional Intelligence? Give examples explaining this
application? (DISTINCTION)
Ans: Emotional Intelligence has various applications. However,the most significant application is
understand, harness,impeo improve and use one's own emotions,feeli feelings and moods to
create a positive result in human interactions.

Example : Being angry can motivate you to do something that you regrate later. By thinking
rationally before acting you will become more emotional intelligence.

Ques5 What are the blocks to efficient time management? How will "YOU" overcome them?
(DISTINCTION)
Ans. 1) Likes and Dislike: Such an attitude always leaves important work unfinished to
produce negative results in life.
2) A lack of discipline: Success in life cannot be achieved without discipline.
3) Procrastination: It is the negative habit of putting things off for a later time.
4) Weak interests in life: Dynamic goals compel us to perform dynamic activities whereas
very easy or non- demanding goals do not stretch our potential to produce dynamic
goals and results.
5) Improper reference group: A negative reference group will never allow productive
activities to be performed.
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Ques 6.What are the three factors essential for leadership to function effectively?
(DISTINCTION)
Ans .If you want to become an effective and inspiring head of your team, focus on honing these
three essential leadership qualities.

1)Communication.

2)A positive attitude.

3)The ability to delegate.

Ques7.What are the barriers you faced while improving your communication? What will you do
to overcome them? (DISTINCTION)
Ans. Barriers to Effective Communication and How to Overcome Them

1)Not listening actively

2)Communicating effectively often means taking note of what the other person says so
that you can make an appropriate response.

3)Not paying attention.

4)Not being clear and concise.

5)Avoiding the concerns of others.

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Ques8. Explain the ladder of inference with an example. (DISTINCTION)

Ans. The ladder of inference is a tool used to understand perception. It sets the foundation for
difference in Perception.The ladder of inference is used to break down the thinking process and
understand the intentions and motivations behind actions. Sometimes decisions are made on
impulse and based on first impressions or personal bias. Utilizing the ladder of inference breaks
down the process of decision-making to ensure the choices made are based on reality and
backed by facts and data.
Example: Jim was texting Jane, and the conversation was going great.
Suddenly, Jim received a call from his manager. He picked it and the call
lasted half-an-hour. After 30 minutes, Jim got back to the texting and
replied to Jane’s previous message. Jane was upset that Jim took 30
minutes to reply. She concluded Jim wasn’t into her.

Ques 9.Which of the five team life-cycle stages occurs after storming? (DISTINCTION)
Ans. Stroming is one of most difficult stages of team devlopment . The five stages that may
occur after this stroming are conflict , competition , decrease in team performance , confusion
on goal attainment and delay in chasing deadline. Strong coordination , acceptance of
individual difference, proper norming , performing , and adjourning can help to take team
devlopment ahead . This are the way to increase team efficiency.
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Ques10.What Barriers did you face during your Project work? How can it be translated to your
Desired Job? (DISTINCTION)
Ans. A barriers is a physical structure which blocks or impedes something. Barriers can destroy ,
deflect, corrode,and stop successful Communication from producing results.

There are four basic communication styles: passive, aggressive, passive-aggressive and
assertive.
All communication patterns are all have certain problems with each other. In circle, Chain and Y
patterns all group members can't directly communicate with the group leader. They can
communicate to leader only through group members. In Wheel, all the group members can
communicate directly with the group leader.

Ques11.How your Inter personal skills will help you to achieve your goal?(DISTINCTION)
Ans.Ego States are consistent patterns of feeling, thinking and behaviour that we all possess.
Transactional Analysis identifies three Ego States, called Parent, Adult, and Child.
I most often operate from parent ego state.
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Ques12.What sort of moral values you are lacking and how you can develop the same?
(DISTINCTION)
Ans.
4 areas I would like to be more persistent are:-
Eating healthy
Doing exercises
Having more time with family
Having more me times

I will do it by improving my way of time management. And make

time for me .