20th January, 2015
By Modupe Eka
Today we will begin to examine the role of our self esteem, our self-confidence, and self- concept in relation to our personality. We all know that most successful people have incredible levels of self-confidence and great levels of success; additionally, happiness is visible in their lives. We will try to examine the secrets of their success in connection with their personality styles.
Knowing yourself is an essential prerequisite for all wisdom, there is little point knowing about external things if you do not understand yourself first. Knowing yourself and understanding who you are is not a subject that gets examined, in fact it hardly ever comes up while we are growing up.
In schools the main emphasis is on knowing things and accumulating knowledge about the world in order to pass exams and get good grades. This all important topic is left to chance later in life, indeed it is never actively on the agenda. (Give yourself the knowledge of you! Take the wiseup personality test today).
Many people have recognized that they are continuously trying to be someone else or fit into roles that do not fit their personality, all through life they try adapting themselves to suit their environment. This familiar but uncomfortable situation can come at too high a cost to our life and purpose. We all need to get in touch with our true selves living in harmony with our authentic nature and the world around us.
To develop your own authentic leadership style, your own unique management abilities, and your own motivations in life, you must invest in yourself, an investment in yourself will result in a happier more fulfilling creative and productive you now and in future.
If you do not know yourself and understand yourself, your self esteem will suffer. Without being in touch with yourself you will not be able to truly get in touch with others, and you will never truly be in a position to understand and relate well to others effectively.
According to Socrates “the main priority of life is to find yourself”……this is the ultimate path to personal growth, development and success in life. No one can have a better understanding of yourself than you; make a decision now; dial up your power of purpose take the wiseup personality test.
Going by the DISC model of human behaviour, all personality types have their own leadership style. Research has proved that leadership is the business of every one; at one point or the other in our life the responsibility to lead falls on us. We shall continue next time looking at the leadership style of the different personalities and how to lead with super self esteem. See you at the top.
•Modupe Eka is a consultant, trainer of the D.I.S.C model of human behaviour, a graduate of English language, with teaching background, she is a Public speaker and by practice a counsellor and an expert in relationship and communication she runs seminars and workshop for cooperate and private institutions on topics as sexual health, parent/child relationship and cooperate/ effective team building. She has organized and runs various youth empowerment programs. Together with her team they have done extensive work with many Redeemed Christian Church of God parishes within the Lagos environs.
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