Positive character trait
Farsighted
Wise in anticipating future needs and consequences.
4 ready sentences Updated Run by Adrian Nutiu
What it looks like
- Thinks about what will be needed in five or ten years, not only this one.
- Acts early on a problem that has not arrived yet.
- Puts something aside now for a later need.
Fits when a person judges well what will be needed years from now and acts on it
Not when the plan sacrifices present needs to a future that may not arrive
How to say it
Replace the brackets with what the person actually did.
Fills [Name] in the reference and the report card comment, ready to copy.
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Resume line Proposed [plan or investment] in [year] that [prevented a shortage or saved amount] when [demand or change] arrived in [later year].
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Reference or recommendation [Name] is farsighted: they [set up a plan or reserve] years before it was needed, and when [event] came, we were ready.
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Report card comment [Name] plans ahead well and starts long projects early.
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In a story, shown not told Everyone laughed when she planted the oaks. Forty years later, the town held its summer fair in their shade.
The farsighted principal started a reading program a decade before the scores improved.
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