100 Most Important Human Traits
Numbers 91 Through 95

This comes from a list of the 100 Most Important Human Traits as printed in the Investor’s Business Daily Newspaper a few year’s back.

After listing each trait, I’m going to define the key words from each trait. Your task is to meditate upon these traits and to embrace them into your life.

91. Spontaneity

Spontaneity – The state or quality of being able to act from natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned.

92. Teaching others by example / mentorship

Teaching – The act of imparting knowledge of or skill in; giving instruction in.

Others – Different or distinct from the one mentioned or implied.  Different from one’s self.

Example – A pattern or model, as of something to be imitated or avoided.  An instance serving for illustration; specimen.  An instance illustrating a rule or method.

Mentorship – Acting as one who serves as a wise and trusted counselor, teacher, sponsor or supporter.

93. Thinking beyond the obvious

Thinking – Rational reasoning.  Having a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning.

Beyond – Outside the understanding, limits, or reach of; superior to; surpassing; more than; in excess of.

Obvious – Easily seen, recognized or understood; open to view or knowledge; evident.

94. Thinking independently

Thinking – Rational reasoning.  Having a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning.

Independently – Not influenced or controlled by others in matters of opinion, conduct, etc.  Thinking or acting for oneself.  Not influenced by the thought or action of others.

95. Tolerance

Tolerance – A fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, practices, race, religion, nationality, etc., differ from one’s own; freedom from bigotry.  A fair, objective and permissive attitude toward opinions and practices that differ from one’s own.

100 Most Important Human Traits
Numbers 86 Through 90

This comes from a list of the 100 Most Important Human Traits as printed in the Investor’s Business Daily Newspaper a few year’s back.

After listing each trait, I’m going to define the key words from each trait. Your task is to meditate upon these traits and to embrace them into your life.

86. Self-sufficiency

Self – A personal or thing referred to with respect to complete individuality.  A person’s character or nature.

Sufficiency – The state of being adequate for the purpose.  Enough.  State of being able to provide enough.

87. Sense of humor

Sense – A more or less vague perception or impression.  A realization or recognition.

Humor – The faculty of expressing the amusing or comical.  An amusing or comical disposition or temperament.

88. Service to others

Service – An act of helpful activity.

Others – Different or distinct from the one mentioned or implied.  Different from one’s self.

89. Sharing

Sharing – The act of using, participating in, enjoying, receiving jointly.  To have a part.  To divide, apportion, or receive equally.

90. Social skills

Social – Living or disposed to live in companionship with others or in a community, rather than in isolation.  Of oer pertaining to human society.

Skills – A set of abilities coming from one’s knowledge, practice, aptitude, etc., to do something well.  Competent excellence in performance; expertness.

100 Most Important Human Traits
Numbers 81 Through 85

This comes from a list of the 100 Most Important Human Traits as printed in the Investor’s Business Daily Newspaper a few year’s back.

After listing each trait, I’m going to define the key words from each trait. Your task is to meditate upon these traits and to embrace them into your life.

81. Seeking global connectedness

Seeking – To go in search of or quest of.  To try to find or discover by searching or questioning.

Global – Pertaining to the whole world.  Universal.

Connectedness – United, joined or linked.  Having social or professional relationships.

82. Seeking harmony / fairness

Seeking – To go in search of or quest of.  To try to find or discover by searching or questioning.

Harmony – Agreement.  Accord.  A consistent, orderly, or pleasing arrangement of parts; congruity.

Fairness – Free from bias, dishonesty, or injustice.  Marked by favoring conditions.

83. Seeking new heights for “personal bests”

Seeking – To go in search of or quest of.  To try to find or discover by searching or questioning.

New – Of recent origin, production, purchase.  Having but lately come or been brought into being.  Of a kind now existing or appearing for the first time.  Novel.

Heights – The highest part; top; apex; summit.  The highest point; utmost degree.

Personal – Individual.  Relating to, directed to, or intended for a particular self-conscious being.

Best – Of the highest quality, excellence, or standing.  Most advantageous, suitable, or desirable.

84. Self-control / Self-discipline

Self – A personal or thing referred to with respect to complete individuality.  A person’s character or nature.

Control – To exercise restraint or direction over.  To hold in check.

Discipline – Training to act in accordance with rules.  Activity, exercise, or a regimen that develops or improves a skill; training.

85. Self-esteem

Self – A personal or thing referred to with respect to complete individuality.  A person’s character or nature.

Esteem – To regard highly or favorable.  To regard with respect or admiration.  Favorable opinion or judgment.

100 Most Important Human Traits
Numbers 76 Through 80

This comes from a list of the 100 Most Important Human Traits as printed in the Investor’s Business Daily Newspaper a few year’s back.

After listing each trait, I’m going to define the key words from each trait. Your task is to meditate upon these traits and to embrace them into your life.

76. Patience

Patience – An ability or willingness to suppress restlessness or annoyance when confronted with delay.  Bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain, without complaint, loss of temper, irritation, or the like.

77. Perseverance / Persistence

Perseverance – Steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, especially in spite of difficulties, obstacles or discouragement.

Persistence – The act or fact of continuing steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action or the like, especially in spite of opposition.  To last or endure tenaciously.

78. Political / Social Awareness

Political – Of, pertaining to, or involving the state or its government.  Of or pertaining to citizens.

Social – Of or pertaining to the life, welfare and relations of human beings in a community.

Awareness – Having knowledge; conscious; cognizant.  Informed; alert; knowledgeable; sophisticated.

79. Respectfulness of others

Respectfulness – Full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference.  Courteous, polite, civil, deferential.

Others – Different or distinct from the one mentioned or implied.  Different from the self.

80. Responsibility

Responsibility – Reliability or dependability.  The state or fact of being answerable or accountable, as for something within one’s power, control or management.

100 Most Important Human Traits
Numbers 71 Through 75

This comes from a list of the 100 Most Important Human Traits as printed in the Investor’s Business Daily Newspaper a few year’s back.

After listing each trait, I’m going to define the key words from each trait. Your task is to meditate upon these traits and to embrace them into your life.

71. Managing weaknesses (protecting “strengths”)

Managing – To bring about or succeed in accomplishing.  To take charge or care of.

Weakness – Inadequate or defective quality.

Protecting – Act of defending or guarding from attack or loss.  To cover or shield from injury or danger.

Strength – Quality or state of possessing mental power, force or vigor.

72. Methodicalness

Methodical – Performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way.  Orderly.

73. Nurturing / Showing warmth

Nurturing – Act of feeding or protecting.  Supporting and encouraging.

Showing – Displaying or exhibiting.  Setting forth or presenting.

Warmth – Liveliness of feelings, emotions or sympathies; ardor or fervor; enthusiasm or zeal.  Quality of being intimate and attached.

74. Optimism

Optimism – Disposition or tendency to look on the more favorable side of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.  The belief that good ultimately predominates over evil in the world.

75. Originality

Originality – Quality or state of being new; fresh; inventive; novel.  Arising or proceeding independently of anything else.  Capable of or given to thinking or acting in an independent, creative or individual manner.

100 Most Important Human Traits
Numbers 66 Through 70

This comes from a list of the 100 Most Important Human Traits as printed in the Investor’s Business Daily Newspaper a few year’s back.

After listing each trait, I’m going to define the key words from each trait. Your task is to meditate upon these traits and to embrace them into your life.

66. Listening objectively

Listening – To give attention with the ear.  To pay attention; heed; obey.

Objectively – Not being influenced by personal feelings, interpretations, or prejudice; based on facts; unbiased.

67. Looking for opportunities to learn

Looking – Act of turning one’s attention or consideration.  Act of turning one’s eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see.

Opportunity – Situation or condition favorable for attainment of a goal.  A good position, chance, or prospect.

Learn – To acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience.  To become informed of or acquainted with.

68. Love

Love – Profoundly tender, passionate affectionate for someone or something.  Affectionate concern for the well-being of others.

69. Loyalty

Loyalty – Faithfulness to commitments or obligations.  Faithful adherence to someone or something, frequently a cause.

70. Managing conflict / stress

Managing – Act of bringing about or succeeding in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship.  Act of handling, directing, governing, or controlling in action or use.

Conflict – To come into collision or disagreement.  A fight; a contention; a struggle, a battle.

Stress – Physical, mental or emotional strain or tension.  A situation, occurrence or factor causing such strain or tension.

100 Most Important Human Traits
Numbers 61 Through 65

This comes from a list of the 100 Most Important Human Traits as printed in the Investor’s Business Daily Newspaper a few year’s back.

After listing each trait, I’m going to define the key words from each trait. Your task is to meditate upon these traits and to embrace them into your life.

61. Kindness

Kindness – The state or quality of being good or benevolent in nature or disposition.  State of being mild; gentle.

62. Knowing how to remain focused

Knowing – Ability to perceive or understand.  Ability to be cognizant or aware of.  Ability to understand from experience or attainment.

Remain – To continue in the same state.

Focused – Concentration of attention or resources on a central point, as of attraction, attention or activity.

63. Leadership

Leadership – Ability to go before someone or with someone to show the way; conduct or escort.  Ability to guide in direction, course, action, opinion, etc.

64. Learning from own errors / experiences

Learning – The act or process of acquiring knowledge or skill.  The modification of behavior through practice, training, or experience.

Errors – Deviations from accuracy or correctness.  Mistakes, as in action or speech.

Experiences – Particular instances of personally encountering or undergoing something.

65. Linguistic precision / word economy

Linguistic – Of or belonging to language.  Having to do with words.

Precision – Accuracy; exactness.

Word – A unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning.

100 Most Important Human Traits
Numbers 56 Through 60

This comes from a list of the 100 Most Important Human Traits as printed in the Investor’s Business Daily Newspaper a few year’s back.

After listing each trait, I’m going to define the key words from each trait. Your task is to meditate upon these traits and to embrace them into your life.

56. Inspiration

Inspiration – Something that is animated, as an influence, feeling, thought or the like.  Ability to prompt or instigate.

57. Integrity

Integrity – Adherence to moral or ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty.

58. Intelligence

Intelligence – Capacity for learning, reasoning, understanding, and similar forms or mental activity; aptitude in grasping truths, relationships, facts, meanings, etc.

59. Intuition

Intuition – Direct perception of truth, fact, etc., independent of any reasoning process.  A keen and quick insight.

60. Inviting input from others / building consensus

Inviting – Attracting, alluring, or tempting.

Input – Contribution of information, ideas, opinions, or the like.

Others – Different or distinct from the one mentioned or implied.

Building – To construct, establish, increase or strengthen.

Consensus – General agreement or concord; harmony.

100 Most Important Human Traits
Numbers 51 Through 55

This comes from a list of the 100 Most Important Human Traits as printed in the Investor’s Business Daily Newspaper a few year’s back.

After listing each trait, I’m going to define the key words from each trait. Your task is to meditate upon these traits and to embrace them into your life.

51. Inclusiveness

Inclusiveness – The ability to involve all things around you and all persons around you in your task.

52. Ingenuity

Ingenuity – The quality of being cleverly inventive or resourceful.

53. Initiative

Initiative – Readiness and ability to being, set going or originate action.

54. Innovativeness

Innovativeness – Ability to introduce something new; to make changes in anything established.

55. Insightfulness

Insightfulness – Ability to be able to apprehend the true nature of a thing, especially through intuitive understanding.  The ability to possess penetrating mental vision or discernment.  The ability to see into inner character or underlying truth.

100 Most Important Human Traits
Numbers 46 Through 50

This comes from a list of the 100 Most Important Human Traits as printed in the Investor’s Business Daily Newspaper a few year’s back.

After listing each trait, I’m going to define the key words from each trait. Your task is to meditate upon these traits and to embrace them into your life.

46. Healthy self-confidence

Healthy – Possessing the general condition of the body or mind with reference to soundness and vigor.

Self-confidence -Belief in the powers, trustworthiness, or reliability of your own person.  Belief in oneself and one’s powers or abilities.

47.  Helping others grow and develop

Helping – The act of giving or providing what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need.  The act of making something easier or less difficult.

Others – One who is distinct from yourself.

Grow – To arise or issue as a natural development from an original happening, circumstance, or source.  To increase gradually in size, amount.  To become greater.

Develop – To bring out the capabilities or possibilities of; bring to a more advanced or effective state.

48. Honesty

Honesty – Uprightness and fairness.  Truthfulness, sincerity.  Freedom from deceit or fraud.

49. Hopefulness

Hopefulness – Ability to be full of the beliefs and feelings that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best.  Ability to express those beliefs and feelings and to excite them in others.

50. Humbleness

Humbleness – Ability to avoid being overly proud or arrogant.  Ability to be courteously respectful.