Positive personality trait

Upbeat

adj. Cheerful and hopeful in tone or attitude.

3 ready sentences Updated Run by Adrian Nutiu

What it looks like

  • Stays hopeful and cheerful when things are hard.
  • Looks for what can go right next.
  • Keeps a team's spirits up after a setback.

Fits when someone stays hopeful and cheerful, especially when things are hard

Not when cheerfulness brushes aside a loss or a problem that needs attention

How to say it

Replace the brackets with what the person actually did.

There is no resume line for this one: a mood is hard to evidence on paper, and a reference from someone who worked beside them says it better.

Fills [Name] in the reference and the report card comment, ready to copy.

  • Reference or recommendation
    [Name] stays upbeat under pressure: through [a hard season or a long project], they kept the team's spirits up without pretending the problems were not there.
  • Report card comment
    [Name] has an upbeat attitude and encourages classmates when work is difficult.
  • In a story, shown not told
    They lost eleven nil. On the bus home, she was the one who started the song.
Example

The upbeat coach found one thing to praise after every defeat.

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