Positive character trait
Fearless
Showing courage and freedom from controlling fear.
3 ready sentences Updated Run by Adrian Nutiu
What it looks like
- Speaks up against a bully or a wrong without visible hesitation.
- Steps in to protect someone while others are still deciding what to do.
- Puts the hard question to the person in charge without softening it into nothing.
Fits when someone appears unafraid while confronting wrongdoing or protecting others
Not when the person ignores danger, lacks caution, or simply enjoys risk
How to say it
Replace the brackets with what the person actually did.
There is no resume line for this one: calling yourself fearless sounds like bravado, and to an employer it can suggest poor judgment about risk. Describe the hard issue you raised and what came of it.
Fills [Name] in the reference and the report card comment, ready to copy.
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Reference or recommendation [Name] is fearless when it matters: when [a colleague was mistreated or a serious problem was ignored], they [raised it or stepped in] at once, and calmly.
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Report card comment [Name] is fearless in standing up for classmates who are being teased, and does it calmly and kindly.
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In a story, shown not told The older boys were still laughing when she walked across the yard and stood beside the new kid. "He's with me," she said, and did not look away.
His fearless defense of the new employee stopped the humiliation immediately.
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