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By means of training, mentorship, updated information and partnership with third party programs and opportunities we seek to reach every African to take advantage of the e-space and become an entrepreneur. Gold club is committed to empowering its members by providing an enabling platform to achieve the above said objective. By means of these trainings and mentorship programs, we also seek to help members be able to have a residual flow of income and create sustained wealth.

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Level 3: 5% = N300 
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Diamond SISM: N 30,000.

The difference is paid for upgrade to the next level. That is,

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Depression and asthma among biggest health threats to Australian youth

Chronic and non-communicable diseases like depression, asthma and musculoskeletal pain are the prevailing causes of poor health among Australian adolescents, a global study on illness and death among 10 to 24-year-olds has found.

Published in the international medical journal The Lancet, the report found two-thirds of young people are growing up in countries where preventable and treatable conditions such as HIV/Aids, early pregnancy and violence threaten their health and chances of living to adulthood.

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But in Australia, chronic and non-communicable diseases were responsible for 80% of the poor health experienced by young people aged 10-24, a researcher for the study, Dr Peter Azzopardi, said.

“Australia is a wealthy country,” said Azzopardi, who is a researcher with the Murdoch Children’s Institute.

“We have a reasonably well-funded health system but, having said that, our adolescents, which represent 20% of our population, are experiencing a significant burden of poor health.”

Road injuries followed by self-harm were the leading causes of death for 15 to 19 year-olds, the report found, while in 20 to 24-year-old men, self-harm was the most common cause of death. In 20 to 24-year-old women, road injuries followed by self-harm were the leading causes of death.

“But when it comes to ongoing illnesses, it was predominately poor mental health, asthma, dermatological conditions and musculoskeletal issues that is affecting the health of our young people,” Azzopardi said.

“In terms of the risk factors leading to poor health, 10% of 10 to 24-year-olds are current daily smokers, which has reduced over time, but a health behaviour which hasn’t improved is overweight and obesity, with about 30% of young people now overweight or obese.”

Globally, the fastest-growing risk factor for ill health in 10 to 24-year-olds over the past 23 years is unsafe sex, while in 20 to 24-year-olds alcohol is responsible for 7% of the burden of disease.

The authors of the report, which was led by the University of Melbourne, University College London, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Columbia University, described their findings as a wake-up call to governments to invest in youth health services.

“This generation of young people can transform all our futures,” said Prof George Patton, from the University Melbourne, the lead author of the study.

“This means it will be crucial to invest in their health, education, livelihoods and participation.”

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The report found depression resulted in the largest amount of ill-health worldwide in 2013, affecting more than 10% of 10-24 year olds. Leading youth psychiatrist and executive director of the youth mental health research organisation Orygen, Prof Patrick McGorry, said in Australia mental illness contributed to about 50% of the poor health experienced by young people.

He said The Lancet findings should prompt the federal government to reverse funding cuts to the Early Psychosis Youth Services program run through six treatment centres across the country, an early intervention program McGorry founded which works with young people who have just suffered their first psychotic episode or who are at high risk of experiencing one.

As part of the government’s review of mental health programs and services, funding for the Early Psychosis Youth Services will be cut by 75% from June and be redirected towards primary health networks.

“We wholeheartedly agree with the government that there is a pressing need for other serious mental disorders in young people to also be invested in,” McGorry said.

“However we spent 25 years building up an international evidence base with our colleagues overseas for this service.”

More money needed to be allocated to youth mental health overall, he said.

“We can’t spread existing funding across Australia like a tiny little layer of jam,” he said.

Scientists peel back the carrot's genetic secrets

Scientists have gotten to the root of the carrot, genetically speaking. Researchers said on Monday they have sequenced the genome of the carrot, an increasingly important root crop worldwide, identifying genes responsible for traits including the vegetable's abundance of vitamin A, an important nutrient for vision.    

The genome may point to ways to improve carrots through breeding, including increasing their nutrients and making them more productive and more resistant to disease, pest and drought, the researchers said. The vitamin A in carrots arises from their orange pigments, known as carotenoids. The study identified genes responsible for carotenoids as well as pest and disease resistance and other characteristics. In addition to eyesight, vitamin A also is important for immune function, cellular communication, healthy skin and other purposes.    The researchers sequenced the genome of a bright orange variety of the vegetable called the Nantes carrot, named for the French city. 

The carrot genome contained about 32,000 genes, a typical total for plants, which average around 30,000 genes, which is more than the human genome. "Carrots are an interesting crop to work on because of their wide range of diversity. They are familiar to everyone, and generally well-regarded by consumers, but like most familiar things, people don't necessarily know the background stories," said University of Wisconsin horticulture professor and geneticist Phil Simon, who led the study published in the journal Nature Genetics.    

Worldwide carrot consumption quadrupled between 1976 and 2013 and they now rank in the top 10 vegetable crops globally, the researchers said. In the past four decades, carrots have been bred to be more orange and more nutritious, with 50 percent more nutrients.    The earliest record of carrots as a root crop dates from 1,100 years ago in Afghanistan, but those were yellow carrots and purple ones, not orange ones. Paintings from 16th century Spain and Germany provide the first unmistakable evidence for orange carrots.    

Knowledge of the carrot genome could lead to improvement of similar crops, from parsnips to the cassava, the researchers said. Close relatives of carrots include celery, parsley, parsnips, coriander, cilantro, dill, fennel, cumin and caraway. The common weed called Queen Anne's Lace is a wild carrot. The wild ancestors of carrots were white, the researchers said. While orange carrots are most commonly grown, some purple and yellow carrots are grown from the Middle East to South Asia, while some red carrots are grown in Asia.

What we can learn from Indonesia

An Indonesian I met on the street asked me curiously where I came from. "Kenya!" I answered proudly. "Is that Africa?" he asked. "Yes," I said with a grin hoping he had figured out where Kenya was on the map. Then he asked rather sheepishly: "Is Kenya in Mogadishu," my heart sunk. Mogadishu seems better known than Nairobi at least by my newly found acquaintance. With two other Kenyans, we visited Indonesia's capital last week to learn what drives the economy of one of East Asia Pacific's economic powerhouses.

Indonesia ranks 50th in the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Index; its economy worth $888.5 billion according to World Bank, is already the 16th largest in the world. Some economists argue that it could pass Germany and the United Kingdom to become the 7th largest economy by 2030. In 2016, the World Bank forecasts that Indonesia's economy will grow by 5.3 per cent; life expectancy in 2014 was 69 years; it has a GNI index of $3,630 and primary school enrolment rate of 106 per cent. It is rated as one of the world's emerging economies; it is a member of the G-20 major economies. Some of its major exports include oil and gas, cement, food, textiles and rubber.

Yet by any standard, Indonesia is still a developing country when internationally acceptable indicators are used to determine the quality of life across the whole archipelago. Over 50 per cent of the people survive on less than two dollars a day. With 254 million souls packed into more than 13,000 islands, infrastructural challenges remain one of the main spoilers of Indonesia's economic bonanza.

The Jakarta metropolitan area alone has a population almost the size of Kenya's. In planning, Indonesia's capital would put to shame our Nairobi city. The skyline of the city is no different from any of the major world metropolis like London, New York or Toronto. There are more than 2,000 gigantic departmental stores. One of my travelling partner quipped. "We should never call our malls, by that name any more. They are not," she said comparing Nairobi's shopping malls to the big malls in Jakarta.

The consumer appetite can be seen from how multitudes of people throng the shopping malls ready to spend. One single mall we visited in central Jakarta had more retail outlets than the whole of Nairobi's Westlands.

Yet despite the rosy picture, Indonesia has challenges like Kenya that hobbles its economic growth. News in the local media feature rampant corruption and threats of radicalism from extremist groups. Traffic congestion is a problem and just like Nairobi, noise and environmental pollution remains a huge challenge. The country also exports most of its raw materials unprocessed denying it benefits from value addition. But the potential outweighs the weakness. Indonesia's population is mostly young people. This is for most investors an attraction because of the access to a large market twice the size of the whole of the East African Community.

Hydration: Why It’s So Important

Why is it so important to stay hydrated?

Your body depends on water to survive. Every cell, tissue, and organ in your body needs water to work correctly. For example, your body uses water to maintain its temperature, remove waste, and lubricate joints. Water is needed for good health.

How does my body lose water?

Water makes up more than half of your body weight. You lose water each day when you go to the bathroom, sweat, and even when you breathe. You lose water even faster when the weather is really hot, when you are physically active, or if you have a fever. Vomiting and diarrhea can also lead to rapid water loss. If you don’t replace the water you lose, you can become dehydrated.

How do I know if I’m dehydrated?

Symptoms of dehydration include the following:

• Little or no urine, or urine that is darker than usual
• Dry mouth
• Sleepiness or fatigue
• Extreme thirst
• Headache
• Confusion
• Dizziness or lightheaded feeling
• No tears when crying

Don’t wait until you notice symptoms of dehydration to take action. Actively prevent dehydration by drinking plenty of water.

Who is at higher risk of dehydration?

People are at higher risk of dehydration if they exercise at a high intensity, have certain medical conditions, are sick, or are not able to get enough fluids during the day. Older adults are also at higher risk. As you get older, your brain may not be able to sense dehydration and send the signals for thirst.

You may need to increase the amount of water you are drinking if you:

• Have certain medical conditions, such as kidney stones or bladder infection
• Are pregnant or breastfeeding
• Will be outside during hot weather
• Will be exercising
• Have a fever
• Have been vomiting or have diarrhea
• Are trying to lose weight

How much water should I drink each day?

You may have heard different recommendations for daily water intake. Most people have been told they should drink 6 to 8 8-ounce glasses of water each day, which is a reasonable goal. However, different people need different amounts of water to stay hydrated. Most healthy people can stay well hydrated by drinking water and other fluids whenever they feel thirsty. For some people, fewer than 8 glasses may be enough. Other people may need more than 8 glasses each day.

If you are concerned that you are not drinking enough water, check your urine. If your urine is consistently colorless or light yellow, you are most likely staying well hydrated. Dark yellow or amber-colored urine is a sign of dehydration.

Besides water, what else can I consume to stay hydrated?

Water is the best option for staying hydrated. Other drinks and foods can help you stay hydrated, but some may add extra calories from sugar to your diet.

Drinks like fruit and vegetable juices, milk, and herbal teas can contribute to the amount of water you get each day. Even caffeinated drinks (for example, coffee, tea, and soda) can contribute to your daily water intake. A moderate amount of caffeine (200 to 300 milligrams) is not harmful for most people. This is about the amount in 2 to 4 8-ounce cups of coffee. However, it’s best to limit caffeinated drinks because caffeine may cause some people to urinate more frequently, or feel anxious or jittery.

Water can also be found in fruits and vegetables (for example, watermelon, tomatoes, and lettuce) and in soup broths.

What about sports drinks and energy drinks?

For most people, water is all that is needed to maintain good hydration. However, if you are planning on exercising at a high intensity for longer than an hour, a sports drink may be helpful. It contains carbohydrates and electrolytes that can increase your energy and help your body absorb water.

Choose a sports drink wisely. They are often high in calories from added sugar and may contain high levels of sodium. Also, check the serving size. One bottle may contain several servings. If you drink the entire bottle, you may need to double or triple the amounts given on the Nutrition Facts Label. Some sports drinks contain caffeine. If you use a sports drink that contains caffeine, be careful not to get too much caffeine in your diet.

Sports drinks are not the same as energy drinks. Energy drinks usually contain large amounts of caffeine and other stimulants (for example, guarana, ginseng, or taurine) that your body doesn't need. Most of these drinks are also high in added sugar. Many experts recommend that children and teens should not have energy drinks.

Tips for staying hydrated

• Keep a bottle of water with you during the day. Purchasing bottled water is expensive and creates plastic bottle waste. Carry a reusable water bottle and fill it from the tap instead.
• If you don’t like the taste of plain water, try adding a slice of lemon or lime to your drink.
• Be sure to drink water before, during, and after a workout.
• When you’re feeling hungry, drink water. Thirst is often confused with hunger. True hunger will not be satisfied by drinking water. Drinking water may also contribute to a healthy weight-loss plan. Some research suggests that drinking water can help you feel full.
• If you have trouble remembering to drink water, drink on a schedule. For example, drink water when you wake up; at breakfast, lunch, and dinner; and when you go to bed. Or drink a small glass of water at the beginning of each hour.
• Drink water when you go to a restaurant. It will keep you hydrated, and it’s free!

Nigeria’s N2.48trn Six-Year Education Budget Near Waste

In the last six years, Nigeria has spent approximately N2.48 trillion on education sector but with little or nothing to show for it, Independent can now reveal. Budgetary provisions do not make the desired impact for a variety of reasons including inadequate budgeting, poor implementation and diversion of funds, among other challenges, according to analysts. Nigeria has consistently voted less and less to the education sector as a percentage of GDP, an indication of the non-prioritisation of the sector by successive governments.

Nigeria’s education share of the budget to GDP falls well below the level in sub-Sahara Africa, according to data from United Nations’ Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), covering 1996 to 2000, the most recent period for which data is available. While the average education budget to GDP ratio in sub-Sahara is 4.7 percent, Nigeria’s ratio is 2.3 percent. The same low figures were recorded on the expenditure to budget ratio. In sub-Sahara Africa, the ratio is 19.6 percent while in Nigeria it is 14.3 percent. In the last six years, the country budgeted the following sums for education: N306.3 billion in 2011, N400.15 billion in 2012, N426.53 billion in 2013; N493 billion in 2014, N492 billion in 2015 and N369 billion in 2016 which sums up to N2.48 trillion. 

No more than half of budgetary allocations are eventually deployed to the sector, according to a publication by the Centre for Social Justice entitled ‘Right to Education in Nigeria’. According to the study, on the average over the 2009-2013 periods, only 55.4% of the total released capital budget for the sector was utilized for projects. According to the group, it showed a low absorptive capacity on the part of the Federal Ministry of Education. Further, the average utilisation rate vis-à-vis the overall education capital budget was 44.7% over the period. The percentage of capital budget released on the average was 60.15% and the percentage of capital budget cash backed amounted to 57.22%. Beyond absorptive capacity of the sector, government itself delays in releasing funds to the sector.

A stakeholder, who spoke to Independent on condition of anonymity, recalled the drama that played out at the 2016 budget defence for education, saying it was pointer to the poor outcomes in the sector. He recalled that Mrs. Folasade Yemi-Esan, the Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Education, disclosed that of the N483.183 billion education budget in 2015, only N13.279 billion was released. Minister of State for Education, Professor Anthony Anwuka, who appeared before the Senate Committee on Secondary School Education for budget defence, added that only 50 percent of N23.5 billion, amounting to N11.9 billion, was released for capital education. 

The publication by the Centre for Social Justice summarised problems of the sector to include poor budgeting and non-alignment of budgets with development plans. It stated that stakeholders are not brought on board in budgeting for the implementation of strategic frameworks and national plans. It further states that structural issues involving the duplication of agencies rendering the same service and resulting in huge overlays for recurrent votes abound. Speaking to Independent, Comrade Taiwo Hassan, National Coordinator, Education Rights Congress (ERC), says much should be attributed to “the level of corruption in the system”. “This only confirms the enormous corruption in the system. 

Just look at the EKO project and the massive mismanagement that has rendered it nearly ineffective. “The truth is that funds are disappearing even before they get to schools. But even at the level of schools, these funds are still endangered given the undemocratic ways schools, primary, secondary and tertiary, are run.” According to a United Nations’ Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) report, despite a significant increase in net enrolment rates in recent years, it is estimated that about 4.7 million children of primary school age are still not in school. Increased enrolment rates have also created challenges in ensuring quality education and satisfactory learning achievement as resources are spread more thinly across a growing number of students.

It is not rare to see cases of 100 pupils per teacher or students sitting under trees outside the school building because of the lack of classrooms. All the three tiers of learning are not spared of varying degrees of challenges from inadequacies of regulatory authorities to conduct hitch free entrance examinations, non-payment of salaries, neglect of schools in the rural areas, poor remuneration of teachers, poor infrastructure, problem of access, and falling standard, among others.

Does Character Really Determine Our Success In Life?

We usually don’t think of character as having a direct effect on our successes or failures. But when we consider the individual qualities that together make up a our character, we can easily see that it does.

Students can often succeed with better grades by being diligent to study and work problems every day and by showing endurance when he/she is tired and would like to quit.

Magic Johnson, one of basketball’s all-time great players, developed his skills in part by practicing every day as  youth. He demonstrated determination and persistence.

Abraham Lincoln became President after repeatedly losing elections for lower offices. His character was such that he would not give up.

There are endless examples… how attention to detail has made the difference, how diligence has paid off, how a person’s dependability has put them in line for promotion.

There also are many, many negative examples. Richard Nixon’s failure to be truthful eventually led to his downfall. O. J. Simpson’s apparent lack of self-control caused extreme problems for him. A student’s lack of diligence led to him not being able to complete his course of study.

What Can We Do To Improve Our Character and Become More Successful?

Benjamin Franklin designed for himself a plan for building character that certainly seems to have been successful in many respects.  He identified thirteen character qualities that he felt he needed to improve in his own life and he devised a method of focusing his attention on each of those qualities for one week at a time. Thus, during a year’s time, Mr. Franklin would go through his entire list four times. (Click here to read Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography online for free.)

From Benjamin Franklin’s plan we learn the value of focusing our attention on one character quality at a time. During that time we should seek to understand as much as possible about the character quality – what it really is, how it has been illustrated in positive and negative ways in history, how it can be applied to our own life situations. We should also attempt to live our lives as if we fully possessed the character quality upon which we are focusing. We should be aware of how the character quality (or the lack of it) is demonstrated in the lives of those around us and evaluate the results and consequences we see in their lives.

Each of us can, as Benjamin Franklin did, undertake to improve our own character. We can intentionally seek to build good character qualities into our lives and the lives of our family members.  Like Benjamin Franklin, we can study one character quality at a time and apply what we learn in our lives. (The best tools I know of for studying individual character traits are the character bulletins published by Character First!)

We can certainly demonstrate good character on the job and in our community and encourage others to do the same. We can recognize the vital importance of character to the success of our lives, our businesses, the organizations to which we belong, and to our country and world, and we can seek to influence the part of the world that we touch to become involved in developing better character. Many resources are available to us. If we will use them, we can make a difference our own lives, in our families and communities, and, ultimately, in our world.

Real Self Improvement Is Character Improvement

How character affects the world around us.

The World Needs Better Character! Today’s world faces many difficult problems. Escalating crime, drug and alcohol abuse, workplace violence, gang activity, vandalism, school dropouts, deteriorating work ethics, domestic violence, juvenile delinquency, racial tensions, broken families … The list seems endless.

At their root, all of these problems spring out of the lack, or mis-application, of good character qualities. If we are to find lasting solutions to the problems of our day, we must deal with these roots! We must work to improve our own character, teach good character to our children, and help those around us to improve their character! Character development is essential to the ongoing success of our society. That is why Character Education is so important. Character truly is the Key to Success!

Businesses Need Employees with Good Character Qualities

The character qualities of the people in a business have everything to do with the success or failure of the business.  It affects productivity, profitability, and ultimately even the success or failure of the business.

Understanding Character

Your character is a set of beliefs that define what sort of person you are. It determines whether you will effectively achieve goals, be forthright in dealing with others, and will obey the laws and rules of the group.

Your opinion of another person's character is based on the impression the person makes concerning his or her attitudes or actions toward things you value.

Although character is related to personality, it is not the same thing. Personality is primarily inborn traits, while character consists of learned behavior. Both may vary with the situation or circumstances.

Character traits are learned from parents, friends, and experiences in the form of "rules" of the right way to behave. Sometimes rules that are taught are wrong and can actually harm the person in the long run. There can also be extremes in good character.

There are three classifications of character: personal, social, and cultural character.

Questions you may have include:

• What is character?
• How is character learned?
• What do the three classifications of character mean?

Character based on beliefs

A person's character traits are beliefs concerning the "right way" to act, behave, or conduct him- or herself.

Behavior traits

Character is a set of learned behavior traits that determine how a person will typically react in certain situations. They are attitudes formed of how to respond to challenges, people and their property, and rules.

Character defines the inner nature of a person and how he or she acts or responds in different situations:

• How would the person respond to a situation or challenge? Would he be determined or easily discouraged?
• How does the person act toward other people? Is she honest or does she deceive them?
• How does the person respond to a rule or law? Does he obey it or disregard the rule?

When confronted with a difficult task, a temptation, or a situation controlled by a rule, what does the person do? Character will determine whether what he or she do will help or hinder things.

Compared with personality

Character is not personality. Personality is a set of characteristics that influences the way a person thinks and acts.

People seem to be born with certain personality traits or tendencies. Some people appear to be shy, while others seem outgoing and talkative. Some people seem to be leaders, while others are analytical in their thinking.

Character is attitude

Whether a person has an introvert or extrovert personality, his or her character is determined by attitudes toward doing difficult tasks, dealing with other people and following cultural rules. These attitudes show the type of person he or she is.

You learn the rules of character

Your character traits are beliefs concerning the "right way" to act, behave, or conduct yourself, based on rules you learn or are taught from parents, friends, and experience. You believe those actions will benefit you. Unfortunately, you can learn the wrong rules from other people.

Examples of positive rules include:

• Always do your best
• Honesty is the best policy
• You help yourself by helping others

Examples of rules or beliefs that ultimately can cause problems include:

• Don't worry about being late
• Do as little as possible
• There's nothing wrong with pilfering things from work

Good character traits are those you want others to have in dealing with you. Although being lazy or dishonest may suit you fine, such a negative character traits can cause trouble when dealing with other people. Also, you do not want others to have such negative traits in dealing with you.

Character applies in three areas

There are three classifications of character: personal, social, and cultural.

Personal character

Personal character primarily consists of attitudes toward activities and work. Positive traits include being the type of person who is hard working and someone who is determined to achieve a goal. Negative traits include being a cowardly person and someone who is disorganized.

Social character

Social character traits consist of attitudes toward other people and their property. Positive traits include being an honest person and someone who is helpful. Negative traits include being an insulting person and someone who is unreliable.

Cultural character

Cultural traits concern attitudes toward the laws and rules of groups, organizations, and society.

Religious group

Religions have a set of rules or commandments that their members are expected to follow. They may include positive personal and social character rules, but also include rules specific to the religion, such as forbidding eating certain foods.

Business

Business organizations have special rules that employees are expected to follow, such as a dress code and ethical issues.

Community

Communities, states, and countries have laws that should be upheld. A person will a negative cultural character may often disregard or break the law.

What Abraham Lincoln Said About Character…

Abraham Lincoln said, “Reputation is the shadow. Character is the tree.“ Our character is much more than just our reputation, what we try to display for others to see.  It is who we are even when no one is watching. Having a Good Character means doing the right thing just because it is right to do what is right.

The Dictionary Definitions of “Character”  

One dictionary defines character as “the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual.” Another says it is “the complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person.” In still another dictionary, character is said to be “the stable and distinctive qualities built into an individual’s life which determine his or her response regardless of circumstances.”

How Character Determines Success In Life Our Character Is What Determines How We Respond to the Situations and Circumstances of Life

The dictionary definitions said character is a “complex of mental and ethical traits“, that those traits, or qualities, are “distinctive to an individual” and that they are “built into an individual’s life.” It is those character qualities, those character traits, that determine a person’s response in any given situation. For example, a person in with a strong character quality of truthfulness is much more likely to accurately report the facts in a given situation than a person who tends to be characterized by deceptiveness. Someone who has the character trait of alertness will be more likely to be a better, safer, driver than a person who does not see or recognize the potential dangers around him (carelessness). A person with the character quality of tolerance will be more accepting of others – less prejudiced.

Success or failure in any situation or endeavor depends, more than anything else, on how we respond to events and circumstances.  It follows that it is our character that determines our success.  Of course, that doesn’t mean that “good” people will always experience more “success” than “bad” people.  There are, however, some character traits that tend to lead to “success” and others that tend to produce “failure.”  The question is, “What are the “good” character qualities, and what are “bad” qualities?

Summary

Your character is a set of beliefs that define what sort of person you are. Your opinion of another person's character is based on the impression the person makes concerning his or her attitudes or actions toward things you value.

Although character is related to personality, it is not the same thing. Personality is primarily inborn traits, while character consists of learned behavior.

Character traits are learned from parents, friends, and experiences in the form of "rules" of the right way to behave.

What character do you traits do you posses? Make good use of your inherit character...