Trait-Positive Trait-Negative

Attitudes
accepts authority, loyal,
devoted
rebellious
accepts what's given
ignores, rejects what's
given
affectionate distant, cold, aloof
aspiring, ambitious,
motivated
self-satisfied, unmotivated
Candid closed, guarded, secretive
Caring
uncaring, unfeeling,
callous
change accepts,
embraces-
rejects change
cheerful
cheerless, gloomy, sour,
grumpy
considerate, thoughtful inconsiderate, thoughtless
cooperative
uncooperative, unhelpful,
combative
courageous cowering, fearful
courteous rude, impolite
decisive indecisive
devoted
uncommitted, uncaring,
hostile
determined indecisive, unsure
does what is necessary,
right
does what is convenient
perseveres, endures relents, gives up
enthusiastic uunenthusiastic,
apathetic, indifferent
!"pansive#unrestrained,
$ree, %pen&
'ept bac', tight,
constricting
faith in life life can't be trusted
faith in oneself lac' of faith in self
faith in others others can't be relied on
fle"ible
infle"ible, rigid, unbending,
stubborn
forgiving
unforgiving, resentful,
spiteful
focused unfocused, scattered
freedom given to others authoritarian, controlling
friendly
unfriendly, distant, aloof,
hostile
frugal, thrifty wasteful, spendthrift
generous stingy, miserly, selfish
goodwill ill-will, malice, hatred
grateful ungrateful, unappreciative
hard-wor'ing (a)y
honest dishonest, deceiving, lying
humble
arrogant, conceited, ego-
centric
interested indifferent, uncaring
involved complacent, indifferent
jealous, not jealous, envious, covetous
*ind
un'ind, uncaring, cruel,
mean
mature immature
modest vain
open-minded, tolerant
narrow, close, small-
minded, intolerant
optimistic pessimistic
perfects allows imperfection
persistent, sustaining
flagging, fleeting,
unsustaining
positive negative
practical impractical, not viable
punctual late, not on time
realistic unrealistic, impractical
+eliable unreliable, undependable
respectful
disrespectful, rude,
impolite
+esponsibility blames others
responsible unreliable, undependable
+esponsive unresponsive, unreceptive
self-confident
lac' of self confidence,
insecure
self-directed directed by e"ternals
self-disciplined
undisciplined,
unrestrained, indulgent
self-esteem, high
self-esteem, confidence -
low
self-giving self-centered
self-reliant dependent
,elfless selfish
,ensitive -nsensitive, indifferent
,erious silly, trivial, petty
sincere insincere, dishonest
social independence social approval re.uired
,ympathetic unsympathetic, unfeeling
,ystematic
unsystematic,
disorgani)ed, disorderly,
random
ta'es others point of viewinsists on own view
thoughtful towards others
thoughtless,
inconsiderate, callous
Trusting suspicious, mistrusting
/npretentious
pretentious, affected,
ostentatious
/nselfish selfish
willing does, willingness
unwilling, reluctant,
recalcitrant
wor'-oriented
convenience first 0ep
psych1soc2

Attributes
achieved has- hasn't achieve
adventurous conventional
substance-free substance-abuse
#alcohol, drug&
alert dull
aware of
opportunities
ignorant of
opportunities
calm e"citable, nervous
clean dirty, un'empt
clear goals
lac' of, jumbled
goals directionless
clear thoughts
muddled thoughts,
confused
completes
leaves
hanging, doesn't
complete
comprehends doesn't comprehend
conscious unconscious
conscious of one's
wea'nesses
unconscious of
one's strengths
constructive
destructive,
complaining
content-oriented
outer, surface, form-
oriented
creative uncreative
delegates
tries to do
everything
deliberative rec'less
detail-oriented scrimps on details
develops mental
capabilities
leaves mental
capacities as is
directed, has
direction
directionless,
unfocused
disciplined dissipating
dynamic passive
educated uneducated
education e"ceed
previous generation
education not
e"ceed previous
generation
education greater
than present level
of achievement
education less than
present level of
achievement
education greater
than previous
generation
education less than
previous generation
efficient inefficient
effort ta'ing lac' of effort
effort achieves
results
effort wasted
energetic listless
enterprising enterprising, not
entrepreneurial entrepreneurial, not
envisions the
unseen
visionless
e"perienced #in
area&
ine"perienced #in
area&
fatigue-free tired, fatigued
focused
unfocused, addled,
scattered
goal-oriented
goalless,
directionless
3ood evil
graceful clumsy
has enough time
never has enough
time
health robust,
strong constitution
poor health, wea'
constitution
high goals low, no goals
higher social
interests
lower, no social
interests
idea-driven
ideas don't motivate
to act
imaginative unimaginative
improves self stays the same
in rapidly e"panding
field of wor'
in static or
declining field
initiates #has
initiative&
lac's initiative
innovative conservative
insightful
lac's insight, blind
to, ignorant of
intelligent stupid
'nowledgeable ignorant, uniformed
'nowledgeable in a
particular area
no 'nowledge in a
particular area
leads others
submits, yields to
others
lives from the
depths of life
lives on the surface
of life, superficial
luc'y things go
your way
unluc'y
money circulated
for improvement
money hoarded for
security
motivated unmotivated
nerves strong nerves wea'
objective subjective, biased
observant blind to, oblivious to
organi)ed disorgani)ed
patient
impatient,
e"pectant
personable
non-engaging,
distant, cold
physical stamina lac' of stamina
polite, mannered
impolite, ill
mannered, rude
previous success in
family life
previous failure in
family life
previous success in
school
previous failure in
school
previous success in
wor'
previous failure in
wor'
productive
interactions with
others
chit-chatting
professional #acts& amateurish #acts&
professional
.ualification
achieved
no professional
.ualification
punctual late
regular irregular, erratic
relationship with
other#s& positive
relationship with
other#s& negative
resourceful
unresourceful,
helpless
responsible irresponsible
results-oriented
does for doing's
sa'e, being merely
occupied
ris'-ta'er averse to ris'
sees the whole
picture
seeing only parts of
the picture
see's improvement self-satisfied
spiritual, inner
connection
lac's any spiritual,
inner connection
stamina lac' of stamina
strong physically- wea' physically-
strong
psychologically-
wea'
psychologically-
stress-free, rela"ed stressed, tense
#has had&
supportive family or
friends
#has had&
indifferent, uncaring
family or friends
systematic unsystematic,
disorgani)ed,
disorderly, random
Tough wea', soft
trustworthy untrustworthy
wealthy impoverished
wealth in present
generation
poverty in present
generation
well-behaved ill behaved
wor' is in harmony
with personal life
wor' is in conflict
with personal life

,ocial !ndowments
affectionate family
upbringing
indifferent, hostile
family upbringing
high mental
abilities in family
poor mental
abilities in family
parents attained
high social status
parents have low
social status
parents motivated,
gave direction
parents
demotivated, gave
no direction
parents rose 4
accomplished
parents remained in
same position
#inheritance&
physical attributes
are fine
#inheritance&
physical attributes
are poor
#had& previous
success #in school,
wor', family life&
#had& previous
failure #in school,
wor', family life&
prosperity in family
upbringing
poverty in family
upbringing
psychological
health and well-
being
psychological
problems
prosperity in
surrounding society
poverty in
surrounding society
supportive social
environment
indifferent social
environment


,'ills
capacity to judge
others
unable to judge
others
careful, graceful
with objects
careless, clumsy
communication
s'ills
communication
s'ills, lac' of
#can& e"ercise
authority
cannot e"ercise
authority
delegation s'ills
delegation s'ills,
lac' of
leadership s'ills
leadership s'ills,
lac' of
listening s'ills
listening s'ills, lac'
of
management s'ills
management s'ills,
lac' of
motivating s'ills
motivating s'ills,
lac' of
negotiating s'ills
negotiating s'ills,
lac' of
organi)ation s'ills
organi)ation s'ills,
lac's
planning s'ills
planning s'ills, lac'
of
problem-solving
s'ills
problem-solving
s'ills, lac' of
public spea'ing
s'ills
public spea'ing
s'ills, lac' of
reconciling
problems, conflicts
at higher level s'ills
reconciling
problems, conflicts
at higher level
s'ills, lac' of
s'illed uns'illed
s'illed, talented
e"ceptionally in
particular area
not s'illed, talented
e"ceptionally in
particular area
spea'ing s'ills
spea'ing s'ills,
lac' of
teamwor' s'ills
teamwor' s'ills,
lac' of
technical wor' technical wor'
s'ills s'ills, lac' of
time management
s'ills
time management
s'ills, lac' of
verbal s'ills verbal s'ills, lac' of
writing s'ills
writing s'ills, lac'
of
LIST OF NEGATIVE TRAITS
aggressive
aloof
arrogant
belligerent
big-headed
bitchy
boastful
bone-idle
boring
bossy
callous
cantankerous
careless
changeable
clinging
compulsive
conservative
cowardly
cruel
cunning
cynical
deceitful
detached
dishonest
dogmatic
domineering
fnicky
firtatious
foolish
foolhardy
fussy
greedy
grumpy
gullible
harsh
impatient
impolite
impulsive
inconsiderate
inconsistent
indecisive
indiscreet
infexible
interfering
intolerant
introverted
irresponsible
jealous
lazy
Machiavellian
materialistic
mean
miserly
moody
narrow-minded
nasty
naughty
nervous
obsessive
obstinate
overcritical
overemotional
parsimonious
patronizing
perverse
pessimistic
pompous
possessive
pusillanimous
quarrelsome
quick-tempered
resentful
rude
ruthless
sarcastic
secretive
selfsh
self-centred
self-indulgent
silly
sneaky
stingy
stubborn
stupid
superfcial
tactless
timid
touchy
thoughtless
truculent
unkind
unpredictable
unreliable
untidy
untrustworthy
vague
vain
vengeful
vulgar
weak-willed
LIST OF POSITVE TRAITS
Accountable Adaptable Adventurous
Alert Ambitious Appropriate
Assertive Astute Attentive
Authentic Aware Bravery
Calm Candid Capable
Certain Charismatic Clear
Collaborative Committed Communicator
Compassion Comradeship Connected
Conscious Considerate Consistent
Contributes Cooperative Courageous
Creative Curious Dedicated
Determined Diplomatic Directive
Disciplined Dynamic Easygoing
Effective Efficient Empathetic
Empowers Energetic Enthusiastic
Ethical Excited Expressive
Facilitates Fairness Faithful
Fearless Flexible Friendly
Generative Generosity Gratitude
Happy Hard or!ing Honest
Honorable Humorous "maginative
"mmaculate "ndependent "nitiates
"nnovative "n#uiring "n#uiring
"ntegrates "ntegrity "ntelligent
"ntentional "nterested "ntimate
$oyful %nowledgeable &eading
&istener &ively &ogical
&oving &oyal 'anages (ime ell
)etwor!er )urturing *pen+'inded
*ptimism *rgani,ed -atient
-eaceful -lanner -layful
-oised -olite -owerful
-ractical -resents .elf ell -roactive
-roblem+.olver -roductive -unctual
/eliable /esourceful /esponsible
.elf+confident .elf+generating .elf+reliant
.ense of Humor .ensual .erves *thers
.incere .!illful .piritual
.pontaneous .table .trong
.uccessful .upportive (actful
(rusting (rustworthy (ruthful
0ersatile 0ibrant arm
illing ise 1ealous