By Allen Olatunde
This is a step forward from school to you. Who you are cannot be adulterated overnight. Personality trait is exceptional. There are school of thoughts on personality development. Some look at man with temperament principles, while others on perception and rationality. Personality trait has uniqueness by gender, genetic factor, environment, exposure, status, etc. Some are extroverts (they can express themselves freely in speech and action without considering external factors of crowd, intimidations, fear, gender, etc.) and introverts (they are reserved and calm, not always at ease to speak for or being spoken for). Understand yourself to choose career. If an introvert student chooses law as a career, he/she may find it difficult to withstand intimidation, crowd, embarrassment, loss or inconvenience. That doesn't say introvert cannot study law. However, such a person would have discovered him/herself earlier and try hard to adjust to the demands of the career. Nevertheless, the personality trait does a great work in growing career. Here is another acid test for your personality that produces structure for successful career.
o Do you like or love yourself?
o Are you pleased whenever people talk about your excesses and shortcomings?
o Do you think before you talk or talk before you think?
o Do you love to relate with people at first sight?
o How social are you to friends and strangers?
o Do you love to calculate all things for accuracy?
o Do you prefer to stay alone and do things?
o Do you lose heart when you are intimidated or accused?
o Are you keen about new things?
o Do you bother about creatures and their survival?
o Do you feel emotional pain when someone feels hurt?
o Do you ask questions to establish facts or just to keep company busy?
o Do you love creativity on everything you see or can imagine?
o Are you lousy or reserved?
o Do you always find a way to express yourself when others do not?
o Do you know what you can do best?
o Have you scrutinized yourself (personality) with the dream career?
o Do you see where your strength can fit-in into any career?
o How will you adjust, improve or deliberately nurture some features in you that can sustain your career?
It is in you. To become a successful and bold lawyer, a 21st-century software developer, an actuarial scientist, a renowned neurosurgeon and so on, it all starts with you. You can stir up good features in you through good exposure, reading, practical actions, and mentoring. If you want to know and improve yourself, be simple and be approachable for correction.
Allen Olatunde
The Career Blogger
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