Punctuality, truthfulness, politeness and hard work are essential ingredients.
2007-06-21 15:26:22
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answer #1
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answered by Ishan26 7
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My initial opinion is; not only does it change from culture to culture, I suspect it's different for men and women. As a male, born and raised in the USA it seems to me that as a boy, you grow up being touted as the hunter, the supporter, the warrior and the master of his land. This is constantly supported by comics, movies and a lot of real life activities such as sports and peer pressure. The young adults in my life wanted to be a spy, an army guy or simply rich. For me it wasn't much different until I went into the military, albeit years ago I have not forgot some of the basic information I was given while being challenged both physically and mentally: Be honest, respectful and understand your entire situation and surroundings. Adapting to my settings was in fact; how my character was built, as I learned and then applied what I knew to the situation I was in. Today it's one of my main issues when speaking or working with anyone (male or female), you must treat me with respect and you will get all I have in return, along with all my honesty and integrity. It may not seem like a lot to base "What I think builds good character in a person" but at my age it's come full circle, where acquaintances, friends and family have told me more than once: If I hadn't given that opinion, advice and sometimes butt chewing, they would have remained ignorant until someone did. In the end, character is built by experience, whether it's personal or given to you.
2016-05-18 10:58:47
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answered by ? 3
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Experience! You develop through learning, mistakes and positive outcomes. If you want to talk to an characteristic person talk to your grandma or grandad, they've been there.
2007-06-21 21:55:11
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answered by FeeBee 2
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Success at previous attempts, support from friends and family after a failure.
2007-06-18 02:36:20
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answer #4
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answered by Mother Amethyst 7
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Thoughts make virtues, virtues build character.
2007-06-18 06:42:46
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answered by sodear 2
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self confidance & self respect make a good person give respect & take respect. think positively in always when you feel strong inside it is easy
2007-06-18 02:45:21
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answer #6
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answered by ebpr 3
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His honesty towards everything he take up and a respect he give to others..
2007-06-18 02:42:57
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answered by Anonymous
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adversity. The more you deal with it successfully the more character you develop
2007-06-18 02:33:57
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answer #8
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answered by ditdit 6
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Building Character
Six Steps to Developing Good Character
The Character Council has developed the following six-step process to help each citizen understand and incorporate good character into their lives. If you want to help others in your family, your organization and your community become more conscious of the traits and characteristics of good character, the steps below will help you get the message across.
Before you start, It's important to understand:
A character quality is a habit that you can develop through repeated practice
Good character contributes to success.
With this understanding in mind, you can help by employing the following six steps.
Understand the Quality
Grasp Its Actions
Realize Its Benefits
Practice Its Actions
Encourage It in Others
Be Encouraged
Understand the Quality
First, gain a clear understanding of the character quality. If you're talking about the positive character quality of "enthusiasm," for instance, you might define it as "Expressing joy in each task as one gives it his or her best effort." Give illustrations from history, contemporary lives, nature, etc. From history, for example, you might point out the enthusiasm with which John Hancock signed the Declaration of Independence. He ignored the peril he was putting himself in by signing the document with a signature so large that the King of England wouldn't need "to put his spectacles on to read it."
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Grasp Its Actions
Describe the character quality in terms of thoughts, words and/or behavior that are representative of those that result when a person possesses this quality. This not only provides further understanding of the quality, but very importantly provides thoughts, words and behaviors that people can practice to help build the patterns of habit into their own lives. Give an action-oriented definition (the final goal of teaching character is behavior implementation—not just knowledge). For "enthusiasm," you might describe the following actions:
Smile
Be an energy giver to others
Treat every job as important
Put my whole heart into what I do
Do not be discouraged by failure.
Notice the circular nature of character qualities and actions—thoughts, words, behavior. Possessing the quality gives rise to actions patterned after that character quality. But it is in practicing actions according to that pattern that the individual builds the character quality.
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Realize Its Benefits
Expected benefits motivate a person to develop character. Benefits fall into two categories.
1. Significant benefits deriving from good character in general:
Helps individuals reach their full potential—in knowledge, skills and accomplishments (Consider, for examples, diligence, dependability, benevolence.)
Enhances self-acceptance, self-confidence and self-satisfaction
Increases productivity and accomplishments
Improves relationships
Benefits and encourages others
Contributes to success.
2. Benefits deriving from the particular character quality. "Enthusiasm," for instance:
Provides a renewed excitement to life—to both the giver and those impacted by the energy given.
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Practice Its Actions
Begin today to regularly practice the actions that will develop the habit pattern of the character quality, and to experience the benefits that result. Tackle enthusiastically, for instance, a task that you typically dislike doing. On occasion, implementation of the desired end action may be too demanding to accomplish in a single step, and may have to be approached in a sequence of smaller steps.
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Encourage It in Others
Encouraging the quality in others is beneficial not only to the others but is especially beneficial to the person doing the encouraging. Encouraging others will keep sharp your awareness of the character quality itself, keeps you actively communicating about it and possibly gaining a new understanding of the quality, and encourages you to keep actively developing the quality in your own life. In the case of enthusiasm, remember how infectious it can be!
Encouragement may be focused on a single individual, on a group of individuals (a family, for example), on an organization of individuals (a business, school, religious assembly, etc.).
Four common facets of encouragement include:
Model. Demonstrate the character quality or an intermediate stage in a sequence of steps that will result in a desired habit.
Remind/Emphasize. Bring to mind the importance of developing the character quality—by personal communication or attitude, etc.
Expect/Require. By attitudes, words and/or actions make clear the expectations/requirements and, if required by policy or requested voluntarily, hold other(s) accountable for developing the quality.
Recognize. Affirm and bring attention to the display by an individual of a good character quality, thereby encouraging both the individual and others. Similarly, affirm the achievement of steps in a sequence which will, when complete, result in the development of an intended good character quality. (These comments are provided by Character First!®)
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Be Encouraged
Explicitly invite one or more persons to encourage you in developing character qualities, lovingly holding them accountable to practice options. When a colleague hears you grumbling about deadlines, for instance, ask her to remind you that renewed enthusiasm will help you get back on course.
2007-06-19 18:14:25
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answer #9
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answered by satishfreeman 5
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giving respect and being pious
2007-06-21 05:58:19
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answer #10
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answered by Mansoor S 4
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