Know yourself

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领  衔  人：谢建民（正高级教师，江苏省特级教师）

组稿团队：江苏省无锡市谢建民名师工作室

本期撰稿：徐骊君（江苏省南菁高级中学实验学校）

Personality is a person’s characteristics. It includes your thoughts， feelings and behaviours which make you different from others. It decides how you interact with people， things or ideas， which is helpful to dictate your choices and actions. Personality reveals itself in the decisions you make， what you pursue and what you reject. The manner in which you conduct yourself is a reflection of your behaviour， which， over time， becomes habits that naturally appear.

Personality is slowly formed in people’s social life. First， personality is formed by nature. People get their personalities from their parents. Second， personal growth and development experiences and the social environment can change their personalities. Once formed， it is quite stable（稳定的）. Your personality does not change just from one day to another. In fact， it changes hardly at all. Only if life changing experiences happen， will personality change slowly. Your personality is something that you always take with you. It affects（影响）your thoughts， feelings and behaviours across all settings and situations， appearing at various times and places. Your personality helps you “survive” and deal with the daily challenges around you.

As time goes on， many different classifications（分类）have been made in personality characteristics. There may be hundreds existing. Among them， the most famous one is the Big Five Personality Theory（大五人格理论）. The tests are used most widely in the world now. If you are interested， you may read about it and answer the questions in some of the tests. Maybe it will help you get to know yourself better.

What makes one’s personality？

不同的人具有不同的品质，优秀的领导者往往具备多种优良品质，如上进、真诚、善良、自信、负责、自律等。（剩余2166字）