On Saturday 5th
July 2014, Maheshwari Jani, experienced behaviour
analyst and master of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, presented her ninth session at SHAFA HOME,
Delhi. Today’s session aimed at eviscerating the inner bowels of the human
psyche to explore the formation of individual’s multi-faceted personality.
We were asked to
consider what ingredients go into the blend of personality formation. From
dynamic discussion we learnt how our temperament and behaviours are shaped by
various intrinsic and extraneous factors like our environment, our upbringing,
social role, our personal judgements amongst a multitude of other factors. We
discussed how in active addiction, we had made corrosive and poisonous
judgements of ourselves which had a knock-on effect on our personality. Since
we rendered ourselves as ‘parasites of society’; we were unable to muster up
courage and faith that we could behave positively. Addicts have a “broken”
personality; but rest assured this can be rebuilt with self-love, time and
dedication to behave differently.
Maheshwari Ji
entered and briefed us with the day’s topic. Many residents were obviously
quite pleased with the subject. At SHAFA HOME, our personal growth is heavily
linked with personality development. Armed with their memories of the past,
every resident had a roundabout idea of their working points; the clear
majority knew what needed to be brushed up, modified and enhanced. The key
question was did they currently possess the discipline, patience and heartfelt
commitment to take the necessary steps? Yes, it seemed so!
Ms. Mahi fronted
us with a fantastically odd question...were we monkeys, lions or owls? This was the first exercise of the morning.
Based on a 1950’s psychological model of behaviour response, this task focused
our residents to find similarities of character with the traits of these three
animals. The key message conveyed was that an appealing personality type
balances and harmonises different contrasting traits The purpose of this task
was to consider the strengths and working areas of our current personality in
order to acknowledge what areas can be improved.
An effective
personality not only works on internal balance and adaptation of personal style.
It also works on such principles such as ‘emotional intelligence’. We need to
become ‘emotionally savvy’ i.e. being emotionally intelligent to express
ourselves without offending others. Individual needs to balance their level of
enthusiasm without bordering on hyperactivity, seriousness without bordering on
misery etc.
After
considering winning personality traits, we were then asked to consider society’s
best orators. We discussed celebrities, politicians, actors, authors...and
realised that whatever spark Narendra Modi, Chetan Bhagat or Rakhi Sawant
seemed to possess inside them, we surely had too. The only issue is that it was
simply a matter of rummaging inside ourselves to unearth that pizzazz. Social
orators go through daily practise to hone their communicative skills. Ours were
a little rusty to be fairly honest...nonetheless; it was nothing that a little
practise couldn’t fix!
Roll on the
second activity of the morning – The ‘Thematic
Appreciation Test’. This test is used by Human Resource personnel in the
recruitment process for the military, government factions, world-wide business
conglomerations. Our residents viewed a series of six monochrome images depicting
different scenes of life and different emotional states. They then individually
volunteered to come before the rest of the residents and present a five minute
discourse on what they felt was being expressed in the picture.
This fantastic
exercise tested our resident’s speaking skills and creative ability. The way
some of our boys eloquently expressed themselves honestly blew us away...many
of them are astoundingly sharp, intellectual and highly inventive fellows
indeed. Whatever they had learned in previous sessions regarding successful communication
was certainly incorporated today. Their ability to engage and entertain us all
was superb. Hats off to them!
From everyone at
SHAFA HOME, our ongoing thanks goes to Ms. Maheshwari Jani for presenting
another superb session for our residents and staff members!
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