Youngsters' Guide To Personality Development

In a world marked by competition personality is the key to success--whether it is social or business or personal or political arena. Interview for IAS or an MNC meeting with the parents of your prospective bride addressing a public rally or delivering a speech in an international conference...if you have a confident and pleasing personality you will surely make your mark! This book seeks to motivate young men and women particularly students to make conscious and continuous effort to build character and develop personality. With deep insight the author has provided valuable guidelines and practical tips on matters of special interest to students. Further he has given them the benefit of experience his own as well as those of eminent persons. Considering the significant role of teachers and parents and their responsibility in molding young minds the book intends to serve the purpose of building firm foundation for a better personality. Some Glimpses: * Manners make the a man. We should be uniformly courteous to all...humility marks an educated man. *It is more fitting for a man to laugh over life than lament over it. *The art of writing letters is worth culivating for one`s own sake and for the sake of others. *Start building a library of your own (if you do not already have one)...learn by heart significant speeches or passages...be a student all through your life. *`I have developed a such a detached attitude to food where taste is concerned that life is so much easier and the hazard of becoming a victim to contaminated food are almost nil.` #v&spublishers Contents: Preface 1. Before Choosing a Career 2. Learning is a Lifelong Process 3. Sources of Knowledge 4. Personal Development is not an Automatic Process 5. Positive Interaction with People 6. Act orr this One Advice and See What Happens! 7. A Place for Everything and Everything in its Place 8. Role Models and Hero Worship 9. Self-Assessment 10. Likes and Dislikes 11. The Call of Duty 12. On being a Prudent Person 13. Friends 14. Our Most Valuable Possession – Physical Fitness 15 Accomplishments 16. How to Read 17. What to Read 18. Tips on Preparing for Examinations 19. Command Over Language & Neat Handwriting Yield Rich Dividends 20. Help in Career 21. Learning Languages 22. The Art of Writing Personal Letters 23. The Idiot Box and You 24. Organize Yourself 25. Be Different Be Innovative 26. The Role of Religion in Our Lives 27. The Significance of Positive Thinking 28. How to Improve the Quality of Your Thinking 29. Develop A Sense of Humour 30. Manners Maketh a Man 31. Destiny and Free Will 32. Simple is Beautiful 33. It was not A Cakewalk for Them 34. Problems of Adolescence 35. Life Threatening Problems of Adolescents 36. Still Very Much A Man's World 37. Whither College & University Education? 38. Evergreen Topic for Debates 39. Some General Hints 40. Inspiration Conclusion