Positive character trait
Realistic
Based on an honest understanding of what can be achieved.
4 ready sentences Updated Run by Adrian Nutiu
What it looks like
- Sets goals that can be reached and plans for what might go wrong.
- Weighs evidence before hope.
- Says plainly what a plan will cost in time and money.
Fits when someone sees things as they are and plans from there
Not when realistic is used to excuse giving up on a goal that is within reach
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 Planned [project] with a [timeline or budget] of [figure], and delivered within [amount] of it.
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Reference or recommendation [Name] is realistic about what can be done: their plans for [project] came in on time because they built in what could go wrong.
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Report card comment [Name] sets realistic goals and plans their revision well.
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In a story, shown not told Everyone wanted the team to win the league. The coach wrote five wins on the board. They got six, and nobody quit in the middle of the season.
The realistic coach set the team a target of five wins, and they got six.
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