You must have heard many stories of how people get their dream job because they have good qualifications, excellent skills, or because they have a reference. But have you listened to a story about how a candidate gets selected merely based on his personality?
Let me share this story with you.
When he interviewed candidates for research assistant positions, he offered them a bowl of soup. Why? He wanted to see whether they would add salt or pepper to the soup before they tasted it.
Edison wanted people who did not make assumptions since assumptions tend to be innovation killers. If you see the core of this test, he wanted to know the interviewee's personality. If someone had a personality of assuming things and substituting practical knowledge with what they had read in the book, he would reject them immediately.
Similarly, you must have seen the news about people getting jobs with high packages or starting their businesses with good funding after passing top colleges like IIMs, ISBs, or IITs. But these students will always be someone other than those who topped these colleges' entrance exams or got the maximum GPA/percentage in academia.
Breaking Myth is Virtue: Break Myths About Personality Development
Then What is Personality?
Watch your thoughts, and they become your Words.
Watch your words, and they become your Actions.
Watch your actions, and they become your Habits.
Watch your habits, and they become your Character.
Watch your Character, and it becomes your Destiny.