Your Personality and Your Family

You probably know people who have pleasant “personalities,” others with little “personality,” and still others with unpleasant “personalities.” Perhaps you have thought about the reasons these people make the impressions they do. Have you discovered that people with good personalities show certain qualities and that people with poor personalities lack these qualities? Did you know that you can improve your personality?

These questions and many like them are important to people your age. Everyone knows how important it is to be well liked by his classmates and teachers. It is easy to see that a pleasant personality can make a person more successful at school and at home.

In this chapter you will learn some of the ways people can improve their personalities. You can also find out how teen-agers have learned to make themselves happier and more successful by improving their personal attitudes and habits.