Improve Your Personality (1951)

[Music] we often talk about personality what do we mean boy has she got personality no I wouldn't give him a job he can do the work all right but his personality wouldn't fit in here oh I don't know I don't like her personality do you what do we mean when we talk about personality what is your personality it is the way you get along with other people around you and with your changing environment you want certain things from other people and from environment the way to go about get getting those things reveals your personality for example did you ever want to go one place when the gang wanted to go somewhere else what did you do how pleasant was your personality did you ever want so much to make a good impression on someone what did you do how effective was your personality did you ever feel alone out of place when you wanted very much to be part of the group what did you do how successful was your personality let's see how personality Works Bill Woodruff here has something on his mind he wants something in fact bill has his heart set on something how he goes about getting it and the kind of success he has will reveal his personality let's watch Mom oh Mom you need to shout I'm right here M might have to have the car help me with this table pill there but Mom I have to have the car for tonight where are the keys take one end of this CLA bille but Mom the car I heard you if you're going to insist on having an answer right now I better say no but Mom you can't it's so warm Bill your father and I may want to go for a drive this evening Bill isn't doing so well is he what went wrong let's see your personality is the way you affect other people think about that the way you affect fect other people can Bill do better can he have a better effect on his mother let's see how Bill changes his personality let me help Mom oh all right how'd you like to go to the movies tonight Mom it's cool there I could drive you and Dad to the show before I go you know Mom this is a big deal tonight the summer formal my first other times a car isn't so important but for a formal I'll get some glasses I think you might use the car tonight unless your father has other plans but I'll try to see that he doesn't oh thanks Mom you're SW yes part of your personality is the way you affect other people did you see how much more pleasing Bill's personality was did you see how to improve your personality well let's go to another house in town and see what else we can learn about personality Marie wants something she wants a pleasant evening at the formal tonight with Bill woodr but right now she wants something else Barney do you have my scissors here they are sis don't get well what's this aren we man give me those scissors okay who's the sucker I'm going with William Woodruff if you want to know Woody Woodruff my hero and he loves you so much I love love of Love Marie darling this is bigger than both of us let us fly away my sweet yes another part of personality is the way other people affect you and if other people have a bad effect on you it may be time to do something about your personality what can Marie do how can she improve by Barney's effect on herself she tried thinking about Barney what was he after what did he want he probably wanted Marie to be angry to feel hurt because he feels a bit hurt left out he can't go to the formal perhaps Marie should include him more give him some attention like my dress okay I guess won't be many years before you're going to a formal bet you'd like to go tonight uh-uh not me I'll tell you about it tomorrow uh who says I'm interested nobody but I'll tell you anyway oh well well let me see when you're all dressed up will you sis sure funny guy see the difference Marie concentrated on her brother instead of on herself and the result was a better personality do you see the way to improve your personality to improve the way you affect other people and the way other people affect you by concentrating on his mother Bill improved his effect on her by concentrating on Barney Marie overcame her anger Barney was now having a better effect on her so to improve your personality concentrate on the other person find out how to satisfy the other person's motives but let's go on to another important part of your personality how does a changing environment affect you does your personality keep Pace with new circumstances new situations here's a new situation the summer formal when you haven't been to an affair like this before you feel pretty strange you might even feel uncom comfortable no matter how well you get along with the other person you still have to meet the challenge of a new environment well here we are yeah are we early there was hardly anyone upstairs taking their coats off well what can you do can you improve your personality in a case like this will it help to concentrate on another person look Woody that fellow over there he's really lost yeah uh come on let's get acquainted hello hello this is Marie fallet and I'm William wood thought we might as well get acquainted oh I'm glad you did oh my name's Bill Russell I don't know anyone around here well you know someone now where's your day oh Betty oh here she is now hi Betty this is I'm Marie and this is Woody how do you do isn't this a lovely Ballroom I've never been here yes it is better when you concentrate on another person when you think of helping the other person can you do it just remember part of your personality is the way you affect other people another part is the way other people affect you and still another is the way changes in your environment affect you if you concentrate on the other person you can get along better you can make a start toward improving your personality this is only part of the story of your personality but it's the beginning and now hey look there's Howard in his date we'd better go over and say hello will you excuse us please we'll be seeing you off on the evening I hope friends of you yes friends of mine I've known them for all at 2 minutes do you know they have something they they're able to make you feel like old friends so quickly it's more than just politeness or friendliness it's I'd say they both had wonderful personalities wouldn't [Music] you