Positive personality trait
Grounded
Sensible, steady, and connected to practical reality.
3 ready sentences Updated Run by Adrian Nutiu
What it looks like
- Stays sensible and steady when others get carried away.
- Keeps the same values and friends after success.
- Focuses on what can actually be done.
Fits when someone stays sensible and steady and is not carried away by success or drama
Not when the reader may hear the other sense, a child not allowed out as a punishment
How to say it
Replace the brackets with what the person actually did.
There is no resume line for this one: it is a word others use about you. A reference, or a story in an interview, shows it better.
Fills [Name] in the reference and the report card comment, ready to copy.
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Reference or recommendation [Name] is grounded: [after a promotion or a big win], they stayed the same person, and their advice is always about what we can actually do.
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Report card comment [Name] is sensible and steady, and is not easily carried away by excitement or upset.
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In a story, shown not told The film made her famous in a week. On Saturday, she was back behind the counter of her parents' shop, as she had promised them.
Despite the sudden fame, the grounded singer still helped at her parents' shop.
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