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(Message started by: mylane on Feb 28th, 2004, 9:52am)
Title: Can books help you change your personality?
Post by mylane on Feb 28th, 2004, 9:52am
Can books help you change your personality?

Was wondering if you guys think reading books can change your personality?
Title: Re: Can books help you change your personality?
Post by cebuanalyn on Feb 29th, 2004, 11:15pm
they does... i remember year 1998 when i was so depressed coz of heartache  :-/ i read and read inspirational books and before i know it,  i was able to accept the reality, and feel no hurt anymore... now, everytime i feel down, i get comfort in reading the books that will make me realized why such things happen..it's BIBLIOTHERAPY.. at least it's free :D

they do change one's personality for we excel in our field because of those books, and not the teachers.. (teachers teach what they have taken from books too) hehehe.

Title: Re: Can books help you change your personality?
Post by madd on Mar 1st, 2004, 8:14pm
yes they do.  because if someone is misbehaving, keep hitting them on the head with a big thick book, hardcover is recommended.  after hundreds of times of hitting that person, they'll start behaving.

;D ;D
Title: Re: Can books help you change your personality?
Post by thebeast on Mar 2nd, 2004, 12:12am
Well after graduating high school i tried to read that book by L Ron Hubbard it called Dienetics changed my personality from bad to worse cuz i keep having to go to the glossary in the back to understand what the hell he was talking about. I gont angry and threw the book away after the 4th chapter.
Title: Re: Can books help you change your personality?
Post by coochie_baby03 on Mar 2nd, 2004, 9:22pm

on 03/01/04 at 20:14:40, madd wrote:
yes they do.  because if someone is misbehaving, keep hitting them on the head with a big thick book, hardcover is recommended.  after hundreds of times of hitting that person, they'll start behaving.

;D ;D

:odang that is what happen why I lost track of the forum...so that was you who did that maddd.... ::) ::)no wonder ...im still wondering!!!! ;D :o
Title: Re: Can books help you change your personality?
Post by cebuanalyn on Mar 4th, 2004, 8:49pm

on 03/01/04 at 20:14:40, madd wrote:
yes they do.  because if someone is misbehaving, keep hitting them on the head with a big thick book, hardcover is recommended.  after hundreds of times of hitting that person, they'll start behaving.

;D ;D



i better start discarding our soft bound books now... so i only have the hardbounds left to throw to students who can't keep their mouth shut  ;D

but hey matt, you make me remember that i did hit a classmate's head with a very thick book wayback when i was still in grade three... i think she liked it, coz she won't stop misbehaving..hehehe.. so we fought for three hours after school on our way home
Title: Re: Can books help you change your personality?
Post by capricorn1971ad on Mar 7th, 2004, 2:16pm
umm, if you want a good book to read for this purpose, i would recomend the book "how to win friends and influence people" maybe "chicken noodle soup for the soul" self help is just that.
Title: Re: Can books help you change your personality?
Post by okasantina on Apr 6th, 2004, 9:16am
Yes, and it depends on how u motivate yourself through readin books. :D
Title: Re: Can books help you change your personality?
Post by kim on Dec 6th, 2004, 9:03am
what you read and watch affects your personality.... if you read porn stuffs all day, chances are you'd be in jail for a sexual offense sooner or later  ;D ;D... if you read about politics and listen to the news everyday (specially here in pi) chances are you'd be so depressed and would want to kill every single damn politician and media here  ;D ;D bwahahaha.... If you read on romance chances are you'll be a hopeless romantic person...  :P :P.. Used to read on that way back when i was full of hope n love  ;D ;D.. talk about being hopeless romantic
Title: Re: Can books help you change your personality?
Post by thebeast on Jan 5th, 2005, 7:00am
When I read a book and its a book I really like, I become totally consumed untill im finished. Most books I read I finish in a day or 2. I wont stop to eat, sleep, or do anything. So I would say yes it changes your personality while you are reading it if you read it like I do. I read about 1 book a month. I  read newspapers, articles, and magazines mostly to keep me up to date with my job, my interests, and current world affairs.  
Title: Re: Can books help you change your personality?
Post by beth on Jan 23rd, 2005, 12:03pm
l think it can, eventho its hard to change your personality that already patronned since you were young, u were grown up like that, but if u were willing l guess it can, first change your behaviour then your personality as well.

but then, matt... what a good idea of yours, well after this l will just start buying hard cover book only, so it will make my brain back qwicker than ever haha... lol
Title: Re: Can books help you change your personality?
Post by nelson3082000 on Feb 15th, 2005, 10:31am
yeah beth is right its up to the person to change and if they want to change
Title: Re: Can books help you change your personality?
Post by Wicked_Witch on Aug 22nd, 2005, 2:16am
Oh yessss....I'd say books has helped me a lot. I learned a lot of things I dont know of before I got addicted to reading. And it greatly changed my personality because I know so much more now than before. Like I said, I never had any formal education. So when people say I speak very well...inside I swell with pride. ;D And it gave me the self confidence I never had before when I was growing up. You might say I'm a self-taught person...so books really changed my personality.
Title: Re: Can books help you change your personality?
Post by earthlingorgeous on Aug 22nd, 2005, 8:09am
Uhmmmmm... I think it doesn't change your personality.
Books give you inputs one some things you don't know or you know but didn't give a chance to think about it but it doesn't change your personality.
It can influence your thinking or how you view things but the whole essence of your personality doesn't change.
Books and their content adheres to our faith and belief... we don't just swallow up information given by a particular book but we adopt some things we think are useful in our life.
One's personality is made up of many factor... among which includes your environment ... i.e. friends, family, work (their thoughts and actuations bla bla)... what you read, what you watch...and the like.

Books are entertaining and informative thats for sure...it can take us to a whole new world or make us realize things we know, we don't know and ignore. It influence us in a way but not change us drastically.
Title: Re: Can books help you change your personality?
Post by earthlingorgeous on Aug 22nd, 2005, 8:15am

on 12/06/04 at 09:03:20, kim wrote:
what you read and watch affects your personality.... if you read porn stuffs all day, chances are you'd be in jail for a sexual offense sooner or later  ;D ;D... if you read about politics and listen to the news everyday (specially here in pi) chances are you'd be so depressed and would want to kill every single damn politician and media here  ;D ;D bwahahaha....


waaaah kim... don't kill the media ... they, we are just doing our job!!! I know that the media culture had been bad...because good news is no news and bad news is NEWS... but don't kill us...its just our job  [smiley=bigcry.gif]

[quote author=beth] "but then, matt... what a good idea of yours, well after this l will just start buying hard cover book only, so it will make my brain back qwicker than ever haha... lol " [/quote]

a tradition here in the philippines by our old folks...the hair from the first hair cut of a baby should be inserted in a book (like bookmark) to make the child genius  [smiley=crazysmile.gif]

Title: Re: Can books help you change your personality?
Post by Wicked_Witch on Aug 23rd, 2005, 1:45am

on 08/22/05 at 08:09:36, earthlingorgeous wrote:
Uhmmmmm... I think it doesn't change your personality.
Books give you inputs one some things you don't know or you know but didn't give a chance to think about it but it doesn't change your personality.


I beg to differ, earthly. :PI dont know about the others but I believe it can. I had a bad case of inferiority complex when I was growing up because I dont have anything I can be proud of, personality wise. I can't even join in any conversation much less talk to some educated people in my cousin's circle of friends when I was living with some relatives coz they are the "kolehiyala" types? I used to be a meek mouse. Just sitting in one corner or serving snacks.Until I started reading. All the words that I dont understand, I look it up in the dictionary. Now I can converse with anyone. Heck, if truth be told I even love to argue when I have a point to make. :DI think books can change the personality of some people, and Im a good example of that. It certainly allowed me to spread my wings.I may not still know aything about calculus or computers but hey...you can't have everything in life [smiley=roll.gif] [smiley=roll.gif] [smiley=roll.gif]
Title: Re: Can books help you change your personality?
Post by earthlingorgeous on Aug 23rd, 2005, 6:14am
well...hmmm...witchy like i said it just make u realize what you already know...and you either agree or disagree or apply it or not in ur personal life ...

but... in every rule there is an exemption... i'm glad books made a possitive impact in your life ... thats good...

and... i respect everyone's opinion...to each his own ...  [smiley=icon_drink2.gif]
Title: Re: Can books help you change your personality?
Post by Wicked_Witch on Aug 24th, 2005, 1:17am
Thanks ;DI didnt even know who Cinderella or Goldilocks were till I started buying those fairy tale books so I can read them to my kids! Shame, shame, shame!! [smiley=roll.gif] [smiley=roll.gif] [smiley=roll.gif]Books are really entertaining and informative. You know what they say, "Knowledge is Power" ;)
Title: Re: Can books help you change your personality?
Post by okasantina on Dec 28th, 2005, 8:01pm
Yes it helps a lot...thats why there are schools for improving ure personality and good ethics eh ;D  and as long as u r determined to change it so why not?
Title: Re: Can books help you change your personality?
Post by CooCHie on Dec 28th, 2005, 8:44pm

on 08/22/05 at 08:09:36, earthlingorgeous wrote:
Uhmmmmm... I think it doesn't change your personality.
Books give you inputs one some things you don't know or you know but didn't give a chance to think about it but it doesn't change your personality.
It can influence your thinking or how you view things but the whole essence of your personality doesn't change.
Books and their content adheres to our faith and belief... we don't just swallow up information given by a particular book but we adopt some things we think are useful in our life.
One's personality is made up of many factor... among which includes your environment ... i.e. friends, family, work (their thoughts and actuations bla bla)... what you read, what you watch...and the like.

Books are entertaining and informative thats for sure...it can take us to a whole new world or make us realize things we know, we don't know and ignore. It influence us in a way but not change us drastically.

I agree with Earth as being an influencial to our life.  
Books like TV are great  influence more to our behavior to react and changed of how we live but it can never change our innate   characteristics of our personality.  It can help us improve and get more knowledgeable of  what we are lacking but it can never change the way who we really are.  Because if your personality changed, then you are being considered hypocrite because you are acting to  be someone who you are not.  It is just a behavioral changes  not a personality change...this is a taffy topic...it just an opinion from coochie coo... [smiley=icon_drink.gif] [smiley=icon_drink.gif]
Title: Re: Can books help you change your personality?
Post by Wicked_Witch on Dec 31st, 2005, 3:52am
ARe you ladies saying personality traits are something inbred and can NOT be acquired? Are you saying what you learned from all those years of studies in school has already been imprinted in your brain but just have to "hone" them? I'm confused here :o. What do you term as "personality traits" anyway? manner of speaking? the way you dress? your impact on people? enlighten me pls so we can argue some more!:P [smiley=roll.gif] [smiley=roll.gif] [smiley=roll.gif]
Title: Re: Can books help you change your personality?
Post by CooCHie on Dec 31st, 2005, 5:56am

on 12/31/05 at 03:52:57, Wicked_Witch wrote:
ARe you ladies saying personality traits are something inbred and can NOT be acquired? Are you saying what you learned from all those years of studies in school has already been imprinted in your brain but just have to "hone" them? I'm confused here :o. What do you term as "personality traits" anyway? manner of speaking? the way you dress? your impact on people? enlighten me pls so we can argue some more!:P [smiley=roll.gif] [smiley=roll.gif] [smiley=roll.gif]


What I think my perception of traits are something we learned and can be improved.  When we were born, we already have this innate personality.  However, by reading or living  in an environment  where we acquire more knowledge to improve our traits...say you are pretty friendly, how ever you dont have any friends bec you dont know or you are not exposed to an environment that is wild and crazy.  Another example, if you are a shy person, the more you are exposed to more population and interact with more people, you tend to change that traits of being shy.  Personality can be change by working to improve or acquie some knowledge  from books.  However, some of our innate personality  more on the perceive portion of our personality can never be change.  I think the function side of your personality are the ones that are normally improve  d or change....
Title: Re: Can books help you change your personality?
Post by Wicked_Witch on Jan 5th, 2006, 4:13pm
I think character traits are how you interact with people, while personality is what people sees in you, physically that is. And I disagree with what you said about being exposed to more population can overcome shyness. Maybe getting familiar with the people around you can make you set aside your shyness. But what about when you're with people you can't be with every time, just occassionally? Will you be able to talk to them about things you have no previous knowledge of ? Like for example doing job interviews? Can one be as knowledgeable if you have not gone to any school and studied those books we were talking about? Can you show as much confidence in answering questions? Being shy is not a personality trait, it is a character trait. You can change your personality but not your character. Because no amount of education can change what you really are inside you. On the other hand, you can change your personality from being dumb to a confident person if you have at least read some books, in or out of school.
Title: Re: Can books help you change your personality?
Post by CapuchinO on Jan 6th, 2006, 7:43pm
you r right witchy...!!!... >:(

well book cant change my personality... but it help me to learn alot more... how i manage myself ... to be better person i hope... dang i need more vocab for my english [smiley=computer.gif]
Title: Re: Can books help you change your personality?
Post by Wicked_Witch on Jan 25th, 2006, 2:31am
Lol, keep trying, Capu...you will get the hang of it in no time at all! ;D
Title: Re: Can books help you change your personality?
Post by okasantina on Aug 24th, 2007, 2:20am
Yes indeed! books are one of the best motivator we can surely have.  Aside from loved ones and friends books helps us our minds to become productive.  Its the vitamins of our mind and soul.  If we dont read books, then how can we become civilized ppl?  ;)
Title: Re: Can books help you change your personality?
Post by okasantina on Aug 24th, 2007, 2:35am

on 12/31/05 at 03:52:57, Wicked_Witch wrote:
ARe you ladies saying personality traits are something inbred and can NOT be acquired? Are you saying what you learned from all those years of studies in school has already been imprinted in your brain but just have to "hone" them? I'm confused here :o. What do you term as "personality traits" anyway? manner of speaking? the way you dress? your impact on people? enlighten me pls so we can argue some more!:P [smiley=roll.gif] [smiley=roll.gif] [smiley=roll.gif]


Personality comes from within...its from our parents that brought us to be like this...however with the help of books, teaches and learnings we become aware of many things around us thats why we have the freedom of changing our traits living inside our community wherein some can affects his/her personality with they way his/her lifestyle is.  Its not that confusing as long as you know ureself and how u can be able to adapt yourself whenever it is populated or not.  Personality traits is somebody`s attitude towards others, its one`s persons quality...Yes! its how u interact with ppl through ure speaking, movements and behavior.  ;)


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