Positive character trait
Genuine
Sincere, authentic, and not pretended.
3 ready sentences Updated Run by Adrian Nutiu
What it looks like
- Says they are pleased, sorry or interested only when they are.
- Behaves the same way with people who can help them and people who cannot.
- Admits what they do not like or do not know instead of putting on a front.
Fits when a person's interest, warmth, or praise is what it appears to be
Not when the point is only that something is real, such as a signature or a leather bag
How to say it
Replace the brackets with what the person actually did.
There is no resume line for this one: calling yourself genuine is the one claim that makes a reader doubt it. A reference from someone who knows you says it better.
Fills [Name] in the reference and the report card comment, ready to copy.
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Reference or recommendation [Name] is genuine: the interest they take in [clients, patients or colleagues] is real, and people notice it. When they said they would [follow up or help], they did.
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Report card comment [Name] is genuine with classmates: they say what they think kindly and mean their praise when they give it.
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In a story, shown not told He did not say he loved the sweater. He said the color was exactly like the sea at his grandmother's house, and he wore it the next day.
His genuine pleasure at her promotion showed in the questions he asked about the new role.
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