What qualities make up a good person?
Okay listen, I know that no one is perfect, but there are definitely qualities that make someone a "good" or "decent" human. I like to think me and my friends fall under that category, but I'd love to hear what qualities other people think are important for being a good person too.
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Some of the most important qualities I believe make a "good person" are:
• Self-awareness and Confidence: You know your worth, understand your strengths and weaknesses, and have a quiet confidence that isn't boastful.
• Integrity and Honesty: You stay true to your word, value trust, and always strive to act with honesty, even when it’s inconvenient or challenging.
• Ambition and Purpose: You're driven by a vision or purpose. You set goals for yourself and work diligently to achieve them.
• Emotional Intelligence: You have the ability to understand, express, and manage your own emotions, as well as empathize with others. You want to communicate and resolve conflicts directly.
• Respect for Others: You treat everyone around you with kindness and respect, no matter their background.
Embracing and cultivating these traits allows for personal growth and establishes a foundation for meaningful relationships and success in various life areas.
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• Self-awareness and Confidence: You know your worth, understand your strengths and weaknesses, and have a quiet confidence that isn't boastful.
• Integrity and Honesty: You stay true to your word, value trust, and always strive to act with honesty, even when it’s inconvenient or challenging.
• Ambition and Purpose: You're driven by a vision or purpose. You set goals for yourself and work diligently to achieve them.
• Emotional Intelligence: You have the ability to understand, express, and manage your own emotions, as well as empathize with others. You want to communicate and resolve conflicts directly.
• Respect for Others: You treat everyone around you with kindness and respect, no matter their background.
Embracing and cultivating these traits allows for personal growth and establishes a foundation for meaningful relationships and success in various life areas.
Since there is no such thing as a perfect person, a good person is able to be honest about their flaws and mistakes-- this is the only way we are able to be trustworthy and accountable to others and to keep growing. People who can't acknowledge their own mistakes tend to blame others for their problems and display immaturity in other areas as well.
We can't improve what we won't acknowledge, so a good person must be able to be honest about areas for growth.
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We can't improve what we won't acknowledge, so a good person must be able to be honest about areas for growth.
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Kindness, sincerity, empathy, passion, work ethic, open-mindedness, trustworthiness, honesty, integrity, patience, respect, positivity, resilience, reliability, loyalty, generosity are a few qualities that come to mind. Of course different people value different things but I think these are ones that many people would value.
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Specific behaviors I notice about "good" people:
- Remembering little things about people and being genuinely interested in listening to them and getting to know them
- Being able to admit when you're wrong, apoligize, and do better
- Being open to seeing things from other people's perspectives and being accepting of others
- Showing kindness and respect to everyone you interact with, regardless of who they are
- Being patient toward others, even in situations that would typically frustrate people
- Trying to make a positive impact on the people around you
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- Remembering little things about people and being genuinely interested in listening to them and getting to know them
- Being able to admit when you're wrong, apoligize, and do better
- Being open to seeing things from other people's perspectives and being accepting of others
- Showing kindness and respect to everyone you interact with, regardless of who they are
- Being patient toward others, even in situations that would typically frustrate people
- Trying to make a positive impact on the people around you
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