Last week, I asked you if you could describe yourself in one word. In anticipation of that personality-testing job interview question, here’s some adjective help that will also make you happier. 
Uplifting subliminal messages?
When Scott Adams asked his readers to look at themselves, he made an interesting discovery with the results. According to the Dilbert creator – also a trained hypnotist – reading the below list of adjectives quickly will boost your spirits. And you know what? It works:
agreeable
alert
alluring
ambitious
amused
boundless
brave
bright
calm
capable
charming
cheerful
coherent
comfortable
confident
cooperative
courageous
credible
cultured
dashing
dazzling
debonair
decisive
decorous
delightful
detailed
determined
diligent
discreet
dynamic
eager
efficient
elated
eminent
enchanting
encouraging
endurable
energetic
entertaining
enthusiastic
excellent
excited
exclusive
exuberant
fabulous
fair
faithful
fantastic
fearless
fine
frank
friendly
funny
generous
gentle
glorious
good
happy
harmonious
helpful
hilarious
honorable
impartial
industrious
instinctive
jolly
joyous
kind
kind-hearted
knowledgeable
level
likeable
lively
lovely
loving
lucky
mature
modern
nice
obedient
painstaking
peaceful
perfect
placid
plausible
pleasant
plucky
productive
protective
proud
punctual
quiet
receptive
reflective
relieved
resolute
responsible
rhetorical
righteous
romantic
sedate
seemly
selective
self-assured
sensitive
shrewd
silly
sincere
skillful
smiling
splendid
steadfast
stimulating
successful
succinct
talented
thoughtful
thrifty
tough
trustworthy
unbiased
unusual
upbeat
vigorous
vivacious
warm
willing
wise
witty
wonderful
Other useful resources in this series
- 130 Positive Personality Adjectives For Your Next Job Interview (this article)
- 500 Positive Resume Action Verbs That Get Job Interviews
- 60 Resume Achievement Writing Ideas and Expressions
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--Jacob Share
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hi Jacob,
I think your site can be a great resource for most of my students…you know there’s always a lesson focused on jobs. I’ll definitely use it in my classes.
Thanks!
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Glad to hear it Elena. If there’s any specific topic you’d like me to cover more in depth, please tell me.
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thank u so much my 9th granders needed a vocab check so this site really helped them out wit word choices!!!
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Interesting to see that just adjectives can give you so many ideas to describe yourself. Nice one! I like this!
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— March 17, 2010 #
make a lits about the adjetives for desenbiengl people and things
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