Kihaku [気迫]
Jinkaku [人格]
Character: qualities of honesty, courage, or the like; integrity: aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing.
Personality: the visible aspect of one's character as it impresses others: the physical, mental, emotional, and social characteristics of an individual: sum total of all the behavioural and mental characteristics by means of which an individual is recognized (by others) as being unique.
Late 1800’s to early 1900’s America shifted from a culture of character to a culture of personality. One’s character was based on the ideal self: serious, disciplined, and honorable.
What counts is not so much the impression you made in public but rather how you behaved in private.
The word personality did not exist in English until the 18th century, and the idea of “having a good personality” was not widespread until to 20th century.
When our country embraced the culture of personality, Americans started to focus on how others perceived them.
The social role demanded of all in the new culture of personality was that of a performer!
We began looking up to the entertainers as our role models for every day life.
To set aside true character just for the sake of impressing others to achieve such personality is to one’s detriment. Personality must be from and about one’s true character regardless of what others think or feel.
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