Personality vs. Character
Personality is like a rose
Everyone likes it
It attracts for a couple of days
And is then thrown away
Character is like chlorophyll
Not many know about it
It’s not visible
But it sustains life on earth.
March 8, 2008
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Interesting analogy Mahendra, didn’t look at it that way before.
Comment by Nita — March 9, 2008 @ 8:50 am
Great thought Mahendra!
Comment by pr3rna — March 9, 2008 @ 8:54 am
Mahendra: Here is a thought for you.
They say, “character is what you are in the dark, when nobody is looking”.
And chlorophyll needs light to be useful and do its job of sustaining life.
How do we reconcile these two?
PS This is what happens when a simile is read with the lens of a metaphor
Comment by Shefaly — March 9, 2008 @ 12:31 pm
Nita, Prerna: Thanks!
Shefaly: The thing is, even if chlorophyll needs light, it itself works in the dark, just like Character!
Comment by mahendrap — March 11, 2008 @ 8:32 pm
Comment by prax — March 13, 2008 @ 3:10 am
or you could think of personality as the tip of the iceberg, the visible 20 percnt of character which forms the underlying base and the vital 80 p.c. that sustains personality
Comment by trisha — March 13, 2008 @ 11:41 pm
when smthng changes or starts ging bad abt the chlorophyll within, the leaves change colour too…personality cd be the outward manifestation of whats within? the convictions, the history of credibilty one builds up etc? just an idea…and u made me think
Comment by trisha — March 13, 2008 @ 11:45 pm
Very wise words indeed… so simple and direct, yet mostly ignored.
Comment by enreal — March 23, 2008 @ 7:52 am
Enreal: thank you!
Comment by mahendrap — April 2, 2008 @ 10:14 pm