Positive personality trait
Poised
Calm, confident and in control of oneself, especially with others watching.
4 ready sentences Updated Run by Adrian Nutiu
What it looks like
- Stays calm and graceful in front of an audience.
- Answers a hard question without a flustered pause.
- Carries themselves with quiet confidence.
Fits when someone stays calm and controlled under attention or pressure
Not when the calm is a performance that hides a person who needs help
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 Presented [proposal or results] to [board, panel or audience of number], winning [approval, funding or contract].
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Reference or recommendation [Name] is poised under pressure: when [the panel or a hostile client] pressed hard, they answered calmly and well.
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Report card comment [Name] is poised when speaking in front of the class and in assemblies.
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In a story, shown not told The microphone died halfway through her speech. She stepped to the front of the stage and finished it in her own voice.
The poised twelve-year-old answered the judges' questions without a pause.
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