An attribute is a quality or characteristic of a person, place or thing. Personal attributes are character traits or personality traits.
Positive Attributes
- Achiever
- Active
- Adaptable
- Ambitious
- Balanced
- Candid
- Cheerful
- Communicative
- Compassionate
- Competitive
- Consistent
- Cooperative
- Courageous
- Curious
- Devoted
- Diplomatic
- Easy going
- Emotional
- Enterprising
- Enthusiastic
- Entrepreneurial
- Exciting
- Facilitator
- Fast
- Flexible
- Focused
- Forgiving
- Generous
- Genuine
- Good listener
- Helpful
- Imaginative
- Incredible
- Independent
- Industrious
- Initiator
- Insightful
- Interesting
- Inventive
- Knowledgeable
- Leader
- Literate
- Logical
- Meditative
- Mediator
- Modest
- Open Minded
- Organized
- Original
- Outgoing
- Particular
- Patient
- Perceptive
- Personable
- Persuasive
- Pleasant
- Political
- Positive
- Powerful
- Practical
- Proactive
- Productive
- Professional
- Quality
- Quick
- Quirky
- Quixotic
- Racy
- Rebellious
- Responsible
- Results-driven
- Results-oriented
- Self-reliant
- Sense of Humor
- Sensible
- Sensitive
- Sensuous
- Sincere
- Skilled
- Social Consciousness
- Solid
- Sporty
- Thoughtful
- Trustworthy
- Understanding
- Warm
- Wise
Negative Attributes
- Aggressive
- Aloof
- Arrogant
- Belligerent
- Big-headed
- Bitchy
- Boastful
- Bone-idle
- Boring
- Bossy
- Callous
- Cantankerous
- Careless
- Changeable
- Clinging
- Compulsive
- Conservative
- Cowardly
- Cruel
- Cunning
- Cynical
- Deceitful
- Detached
- Dishonest
- Dogmatic
- Domineering
- Finicky
- Flirtatious
- Foolish
- Foolhardy
- Fussy
- Greedy
- Grumpy
- Gullible
- Garish
- Impatient
- Impolite
- Impulsive
- Inconsiderate
- Inconsistent
- Indecisive
- Indiscreet
- Inflexible
- Interfering
- Intolerant
- Irresponsible
- Jealous
- Lazy
- Machiavellian
- Materialistic
- Mean
- Miserly
- Moody
- Narrow-minded
- Nasty
- Naughty
- Nervous
- Obsessive
- Obstinate
- Overcritical
- Overemotional
- Parsimonious
- Patronizing
- Perverse
- Pessimistic
- Pompous
- Possessive
- Pusillanimous
- Quarrelsome
- Quick-tempered
- Resentful
- Rude
- Ruthless
- Sarcastic
- Secretive
- Selfish
- Self-centered
- Self-indulgent
- Silly
- Sneaky
- Stingy
- Stubborn
- Stupid
- Superficial
- Tactless
- Timid
- Touchy
- Thoughtless
- Truculent
- Unkind
- Unpredictable
- Unreliable
- Untidy
- Untrustworthy
- Vague
- Vain
- Vengeful
- Vulgar
- Weak-willed
Professional Attributes
- Accountable
- Acknowledges communications
- Adaptable
- Admits when he/she is wrong
- Authentic
- Bears responsibility
- Believes that family is important
- Believes that health is important
- Believes that time to relax is important
- Believes that time to think is important
- Broadminded
- Caring
- Carries business cards to use for networking
- Collaborates
- Commitment to excellence
- Communicates well
- Consistent
- Courteous
- Credible
- Decisive
- Dependable
- Determined
- Diligent
- Disciplined
- Displays integrity and a high ethical standard
- Doesn’t gossip
- Doesn’t hold grudges
- Doesn’t let things slip through the cracks
- Doesn’t make excuses
- Delivers above and beyond what people expect
- Effective
- Efficient
- Empathetic
- Engaging
- Enthusiastic
- Evolving
- Excels in their line of work
- Exercises self-control
- Focused
- Forgiving
- Generous
- Gets along with people
- Gets the job done
- Gives credit where credit is due
- Go-getter
- Goal-setter
- Good at working in a team
- Good interpersonal skills
- Hard worker
- Has a personal mission statement
- Has a 30-second explanation of what they do (often called an “elevator speech”)
- Has conviction
- Hears all sides
- Helps others with their problems
- Helps others to succeed
- Highly committed
- Humble
- Innovative
- Interested in others
- Is a person of their word
- Kind
- Learns from mistakes
- Listens well
- Looks at obstacles as challenges
- Loyal
- Maintains gains while being proactive
- Makes the best of situations
- Manages stress
- Methodical
- Motivated
- Networks well
- Nonjudgmental
- Not afraid to fail
- Not manipulative
- Not satisfied with mediocrity
- Objective
- Open to new ways of doing things
- Organized
- Passionate
- Patient
- Perseverant
- Planner
- Positive attitude
- Precise
- Proactive
- Realistic
- Relates well to others
- Respectful
- Scheduled
- Scrupulous
- Seeks improvement
- Selfless
- Sharp spiritually
- Shows appreciation and expresses thanks
- Sincere
- Stays abreast of new developments
- Studious
- Takes responsibility
- Teachable
- Thinker
- Time management skills
- Transparent
- Tries to do more with less
- Trustworthy
- Truthful
- Upright
- Values others
- Willing to change
- Willing to take necessary risks
- Willing to do whatever it takes to get the job done
Having positive attributes can increase your business and personal relationships. Being able to recognize and compliment positive attributes is, in and of itself, a positive attribute.