Positive personality trait
Insightful
Showing a clear and useful understanding of something.
4 ready sentences Updated Run by Adrian Nutiu
What it looks like
- Sees to the heart of a complicated problem.
- Points out the thing nobody else had noticed.
- Understands people's real reasons, not only what they say.
Fits when someone sees to the heart of a complicated problem, often in a new way
Not when the remark was correct but obvious
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 Identified [cause of a problem or missed opportunity] in [process or market], leading to [change] worth [amount or result].
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Reference or recommendation [Name] is insightful: in [a review or project], they saw that [the real problem] was not what we had assumed, and that changed the plan.
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Report card comment [Name] makes insightful comments in discussions and often sees what others have missed in a text.
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In a story, shown not told The committee argued about the timetable for an hour. She asked why the buses were empty at noon, and the meeting changed direction.
Her insightful comment showed the committee they had been solving the wrong problem.
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