The Influence of personality
In a new environment, a person with an extroverted personality may find it easier interacting with others, than one with an introverted personality. It’s their personality that has positioned them for success in career and relationships with others. An introverted employee has higher career output than the extroverted ones despite having challenges expressing themselves. An introverted person may experience happiness without showing it not showing on their faces, unlike extroverted people whose happiness expression is visible. Introverted people may experience health challenges especially mentally as they tend to keep things to themselves unlike the extroverts who share often and to several people. Using instrumental case study among working adults between (25-35yrs), we shall establish the relationship between personality and success. We expected to ascertain that personality plays a big role in our day today’s success. This study is important because it helps in decision making for individuals, to find areas of strength to succeed, as well as employers finding suitable career positions for high productivity and success in business.
Partners can enjoy great relationships by understanding people’s personality and differences and using that to complement each other rather than competing. Failure to understand one’s personality can cause displacement in a career or relationship, resulting in mental health issues like, (feeling incompetent for not being able to connect with people faster;For an introvert- Self doubts). Understanding of personality has a direct impact on a person’s success and happiness in their life. Through personality theories, we are able to explain patterns of human behaviours using theories such as Psychoanalytic.
Keywords: personality, psychoanalytic, behaviours, psychosocial, influence.
A person’s personality has so much influence on their behaviour in interacting with people, career growth & choices as well as the well-being of a person’s satisfactions, health and happiness. Through personality theories, we are able to explain patterns of human behaviours using the psychoanalytic theories. These theories have proved that personality has great influence on people’s behaviours. Theories have also shown that personality has an influence on how people interact and relate with others. Having evaluated different career choices, personality has played a big role in choice and preference of career job and growth as well as their satisfactions, health and happiness.
In this study we are using observation of people’s behaviours in relationships, work places, hospitals and their expression of happiness, putting into consideration their personality and how it may affect them.
We are also using instrumental case study among working adults between (20-35yrs), we shall establish the relationship between personality and success. We expected to ascertain that personality plays a big role in our day today’s success.
- There is an inner drive for adults between age (20-35) to succeed and their definition of success is in various sectors of their life’s relationship, career, health and happiness. Adler says humans are social beings and that the first six years of a person are very crucial and shape their personality. That each person strives towards getting to Maslow’s self-actualization. Using psychoanalytic theories by Sigmund Freud the definition of success is influenced by how a child successfully negotiates the psychosexual stages. A child’s personality is mostly established by the age of five. Meaning that the early life experiences play a role in personality development and continue to influence their behaviours later in life.
- Some have inner doubt if they will ever make it but are determined and self-motivated to prove themselves. According to Adler’s view, everyone has an inherent psychological condition known as an “inferiority complex.” It starts in childhood and lasts the rest of everyone’s life. The deepest drivers of a person’s behaviours, ideas, feelings, and actions are inferiority complexes. This philosophy holds that success comes from a lifelong quest for improvement. Conflicts exist at every stage of growth that must be resolved and, depending on how people deal with them, can either advance development or impede it. If these stages of psychosexual development are successfully completed, a healthy personality develops. A child who negotiates well, for instance, might have self-belief, which shows itself as self-confidence, self-esteem, and self-awareness of their talents. Their thoughts frequently centre on accomplishing predetermined self-actualization goals, which makes them feel content. If they have faith in themselves, they advance in life.
- There is a relationship between people feeling happy in what they do and their body & psychological health. A happier individual is more likely to have a physically, psychologically, and emotionally healthy lifestyle. They become more social as a result of the ease with which they can relate to and connect with others. Through these interactions, a person is more likely to be introduced to a work role that best suits them, setting them up for a greater chance of career success.
- Dissatisfied people at work and in relationships experienced healthy issues from psychological, mentally and physically, some having cases of drug addiction and poor productivity at work. According to Freud, fixations also result from poor negotiation in the psychosexual stage. This might occur if specific problems aren’t fixed when they should be. A “fixation” is persistent attention on a previous psychosexual stage. The individual will remain “stuck” in this phase until the conflict is resolved. For instance, someone who is excessively indulging in drugs or substances feels the need to be unduly preoccupied with the oral stage and risks becoming overly dependent on others and actively seeking out oral stimulation by eating, drinking, or smoking. Being overly dependent on others, which means they have no control over what makes them happy or sad, may prevent the individual from feeling happiness. People may turn into objects of pleasure out of a need to belong and be valued.
- In search of happiness without self-awareness one may lose their identity. Some people tend to compare themselves with others and use that to define success and they end up getting more lost. The never-ending pursuit of happiness is based on how other people react to one’s activities. As a result of these actions, someone who is trying to follow others may lose their identity, self-love, self-worth, and sense of purpose in life. Their partners may struggle in a relationship to maintain their people-pleasing characteristics, which, due to their attention being on others, may damage the family wealth or perhaps their relationship. For instance, excessively donating a family’s funds intended for other purposes Such individuals find it difficult to advance in their careers since they are constantly attending to the needs of others while disregarding their own. When they don’t get promoted while feeling like they work so hard, they may sense anger against their employment. The ability to skillfully negotiate through psychosexual stages positions one for success or fixation/failure when not well negotiated, in accordance with Alfred’s theory.
- Personality has an impact on relationships, either providing satisfaction or causing conflict. According to research, your personality traits (patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving) not only affect your outlook on life, but also how you perceive reality at work and how you interact with family, friends, and romantic partners. This outlook may differ with the people around them, becoming a source of disagreement or diversity, depending on how the difference is perceived. Another fascinating aspect of your personality that influences your relationships is how your attachment style to your partner is defined. Erikson believed that ego identity develops over the course of your life and that failing to successfully navigate each stage may contribute to depression influencing your personality throughout your life. For example, someone who was abandoned when they were younger (0-1 years) may have a fear of being abandoned or left, which feels like rejection. This means they fail to negotiate the trust versus mistrust stage based on Freud’s theory. This may result in insecurities and cause attachment issues in relationships. They can manifest as people who always want to know where their partner is and do not like being away from them. This could cause conflict in a relationship where one feels controlled. Without this knowledge of personality and its influence on behaviors, one would struggle to understand selves, with their flaws and strengths. It is this knowledge that helps us understand and accommodate others, too. Example An introverted person would quickly judge an extroverted person just because they don’t familiarise themselves with the environment. Instead, they quickly follow along. The self-awareness makes them more accommodating.
- Understanding personality helps employers find a suitable employee based on the requirements; otherwise, they would struggle to find someone to fill a specific job role. In career output, self- aware introverted employees may outperform extroverted employees despite difficulties expressing themselves. When they understand their ability. In contrast to an extroverted person, an introverted person may experience happiness but not show it on their face (WILMER, 1977).
- Personality affects parenting methods. Personality knowledge can help parents understand their children, even when they have different personalities. Parenting would be difficult for parents with children who have different personalities and behaviours if they did not have this knowledge.
- An extroverted personality may find interacting with others more in a new environment than an introverted personality. Some jobs, such as marketing, necessitate this personality; because it positions them for success in careers and interpersonal relationships.
- Introverted people may face health challenges, particularly mentally, because they tend to keep things to themselves, as opposed to extroverts, who share frequently and with different people (Brantley, 2019). Sometimes the things they want are so much beyond them and there is nothing they can do about the situations before them but they keep beating themselves up for no reason. Causing them stress in life. People’s reactions to stress impact their immune system, activity level, and socialization, all of which can lead to health problems. The ability to share and express oneself in a stressful situation, on the other hand, aids in the management and prevention of mental issues physically, and psychological.
Conclusion
People work towards getting satisfied and feel inferior because of not having things perfectly laid down the way they would want. People are working towards perfecting their lives.
The inferiority complex is very real in this life. Most people are not satisfied with where they are in life, or their achievements and this makes them feel very inferior.
In conclusion, the fathers of personality theories may have had gaps in their justification or description, as well as similarities and agreement in some areas, such as Jung and Freud on conscious, unconscious, or superego, and ID and ego, but certainly brought to light a great deal of knowledge and understanding of people’s psychology in terms of behaviour, thoughts, emotions, and feelings.
I agree that personality influences relationships, careers, health, and happiness.