Positive character trait
Truthful
Honest and accurate in expression.
4 ready sentences Updated Run by Adrian Nutiu
What it looks like
- Gives an account that includes the parts that reflect badly on them.
- Retells a story as it happened, without improving it for the audience.
- Answers the question that was asked, not a safer one, and avoids misleading half-truths.
Fits when a statement or account consistently matches what the person knows
Not when you are praising tact, openness, or accuracy without evidence of truthfulness
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 Reported [project status or test results] to [audience] in full, including [a shortfall or delay], which allowed [decision or fix] before [deadline].
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Reference or recommendation [Name] is truthful in their reporting: when [a project, test or audit] turned up bad news, they gave [the manager or client] the full account, including their own part in it.
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Report card comment [Name] gives a truthful account of what happened after a disagreement, even when it shows they were partly in the wrong.
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In a story, shown not told Asked who had left the gate open, the boy looked at the empty field for a long moment. "I did," he said, "and I didn't check the latch."
His truthful account included the mistake that made his own team look careless.
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