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Brainy Fact
• Crossing one’s arms over one’s chest is a defensive posture. It demonstrates that you are locked off
and hesitant to engage in conversation with someone.
• When someone crosses their legs at the ankles during a conversation, it can imply dishonesty or
insecurity, which may cause the person with whom they are speaking to have difficulty trusting them
or believing what they are saying.
Personal Grooming Checklist
Following are some basic guidelines for personal grooming:
• Wear clean, neat and well-ironed clothes.
• Always wear clean socks and polish your shoes regularly.
• Avoid using flashy accessories.
• Brush your hair well.
• Get your hair cut regularly.
• Wash your face periodically.
• Boys should be clean shaven or have well-trimmed beards or moustaches.
• Keep your nails trimmed.
Self-Exploration
Self-exploration means to know one’s calibre by analysing intellectual and spiritual capacities. It helps you to choose
your profession for life by developing a clear understanding of self-interests and needs. It also helps in achieving the
goal of life that we want to pursue. Let us learn about some approaches that may help people to self-explore.
Learning Formal and Informal/Self-Directed Learning
Formal learning means learning to develop skills from traditional educational institutions like school or university. For
example, knowledge gained through classroom learning. On the other hand, informal learning can be defined as the
method of learning from every day activities. For example, learning during trips organised by schools to historical places,
learning during summer camps, inter or intra school competitions like debate, etc.
Each type of learning whether formal or informal, helps to acquire some skills. Out of these skills, some may be preferred
skills, and may guide us shape our career. An attitude of continuous learning helps us to update ourselves with the
required skill set that keeps changing with the time.
Career Counsellor/Computerized Career Information Systems
They can help individual with information on trending courses that can boost our career.
Self-reflection/Inquiry
Self-reflection/Inquiry can be defined as a process of introspection where people discover themselves by going through
past experiences and observing patterns of their own behaviour.
Feedback
The suggestive input given by peers, family and mentors on our action is called feedback. It helps us identify our hidden
talents and strengths.
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