Creating the right image about ourselves in the mind of others is an art in itself and if you are successful in it, you really are a great achiever.

However, it is really weird to notice that nowadays, in order to impress others, most people copy their favourite celebrities by wearing the same outfit; they also adopt the trends their favourite celebrity follows, the foods they like and almost everything. It is okay to idealise someone because idealising someone is different than copying their style. Copying other people shows that your personality has weaknesses and you want to put a veil on it.

Even in the worst situations stay positive and try your level best to change your adversities into opportunities

And if you are one such person, ask yourself this: does copying celebrities make your personality really captivating? Don’t you think your own personality has its own positive qualities and that you possess many talents?   

So what should you do?

Your personality shows your character, values, strengths, attributes and a lot more about you. It is unique but to make it an inspirational personality, you need to ‘stay positive’ in every aspect of your life, even in difficult situations. Secondly, you should be independent, because dependency sometimes limits your talent, your own way to do something better than others. Everyone has some unique talent that should not be overlooked in copying others.

But this should not mean that you should not pick up good things from others. Learn from everyone, learn from every situation, learn from your environment and build your personality accordingly, because sometimes we forget who we are, our strengths, and how much we are capable of.

Sometimes in life, if things occur in a way different from what we want them to be, we give up and our perspective about life changes to negative.

So never give up! Even in the worst situations stay positive and try your level best to change your adversities into opportunities. Problems come in our life not to break us, but to make us even stronger. They are like exams so even if we fail, we don’t have to give up. We have to reappear in the exams with more energy and by doing more homework.

This way you will build your actual personality — a strong, capable, independent and confident one. You don’t need to copy anyone, show the world your talents and polish your skills whenever you a get a chance.

Published in Dawn, Young World, March 19th, 2015