You develop a good character by measuring your interactions with other people as one of courteous and substance. You are not born with character. You are born with certain physical characteristics that are derived from genetics. These characteristics produced by these genes can be changed with plastic surgery if you are born with a physical trait that you are not comfortable with. However, because the characteristic is a gene, more often than not the gene will be passed to your off springs and there it would be again, an undesirable physical character trait.

Developing character is so much more important than a physical trait. As long as the physical trait is performing as it should, believe it or not a person with good character will be able to deal with the physical trait in a positive way. Character is not delegated to how you feel about your physical self. Character is attributed to how you related in your manners and behavior patterns to the people who you come in contact with.

It will be entirely unusual for a child to have developed character because character is earned from the way you are taught to handle life's adversities. A child can learn character from a responsible adult who can leave a good impression on the child so when adulthood is reached, the child would like to be like that person.

Character is not developed on a job but a person of noble character would be promoted much faster than a person who showed irresponsibility and immaturity. Can you say that character comes with age and that a few age lines would indicate that a person has character. A physical attribute can not denote character and age can not denote character. Most people would hope to have attained a certain amount of character once they reach a certain age but age is not a determinant factor.

The way you handle yourself in adverse situations and the responsibility that you willingly accept as a part of adulthood builds character. Is that to say that a free loader can not have character. No that is not what is being stated here. A free loader can be out of a financial foundation of no fault of his own. It is the way he meets the adversity of unemployment by not giving up but of continuing to keep his stature about himself in the job market that would earn him character. A person of character is not one that lets circumstances get him down and cause a negative attitude about the whole unemployment situation for example. The unemployed person's positive persona with the understanding that job loss does not mean that there is a drop in his character. He needs to understand that a job does not define who he is as a person and can not topple his character. A person with character will examine the situation and then move forward because of the strength of his character.

Character can be developed but it is one of those intangible things that can not be measured or accounted for as on an excel computer spread sheet. Character is a display of patience and self control in inclement situations where a person does not lose his or her cool or composure because of unexpectant circumstances or situations. A person with character knows who they are as a person and pull up all the positive influences he may have overcome to look at the situation as it is. The person of character does not to look at the situation from an uncontrollable standpoint of the utmost chaos that can not be controlled or sustained. Character can be developed with self control regardless of the situation. It is only when you are confronted with the unexpected,the unplanned or the unexplained that you get to show the true strength of your character.