Prompt: Topic: Research indicates that the characteristics we are born with have much more influence on our personality and development than any experiences we may have in our life. Which do you consider to be the major influence.

Every person is born with some unique characteristics which differ from another individual in one or the other way.e.g. Some people are born with leadership skills while some have good critical thinking ability. These characteristics if polished and worked upon since young age will influence more on building and developing personality. Ċ For e.g. If a child possesses good diving skills since a very young age then he has the talent to become a famous diver later on in his adulthood. Ċ Our innate characteristics are gifted to us by our parents by the transfer of genes. Our DNA tells our abilities and strength by comparing it with the DNA of a person possessing the qualities but as we grow older we gain experience from our environment and people around us or by making mistakes. This way experience helps us in deciding the right and wrong or pros and cons of a situation but the influence on personality is made by the characteristics we carry. Ċ Personality is a joint influence of genetics and environment. Our genes inherited from our parents set our characteristics while our environment and experience moulds it either in a good form or a bad one. Ċ In my opinion personality is influenced by the characteristics we possess while experience helps us in learning right and wrong.