Human personality/character traits can be divided by those that are inner, psychological; and those that are more outer-oriented, i.e. social. They can be further divided positively and negatively. Here then are a number of traits expressing this scheme:
| PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAITS (inward focused) |
|
| Positive | Negative |
| accepts what's given | ignores, rejects what's given |
| aspiring, ambitious, motivated | self-satisfied, unmotivated |
| change; accepts, embraces- | rejects change |
| cheerful | cheerless, gloomy, sour, grumpy |
| courageous | cowering, fearful |
| decisive | indecisive |
| determined | indecisive, unsure |
| does what is necessary, right | does what is convenient |
| perseveres, endures | relents, gives up |
| enthusiastic | unenthusiastic, apathetic, indifferent |
| expansive | kept back, tight, constricting |
| faith in life | life can't be trusted |
| faith in oneself | lack of faith in self |
| flexible | inflexible, rigid, unbending, stubborn |
| focused | unfocused, scattered |
| frugal, thrifty | wasteful, spendthrift |
| grateful | ungrateful, unappreciative |
| hard-working | lazy |
| interested | indifferent, uncaring |
| involved | complacent, indifferent |
| mature | immature |
| modest | vain |
| open-minded, tolerant | narrow, close, small-minded, intolerant |
| optimistic | pessimistic |
| perfects | allows imperfection |
| persistent, sustaining | flagging, fleeting, unsustaining |
| positive | negative |
| practical | impractical, not viable |
| punctual | late, not on time |
| realistic | naive, impractical |
| reliable | unreliable, undependable |
| responsibility; takes- | blames others |
| responsible | unreliable, undependable |
| responsive | unresponsive, unreceptive |
| self-confident | lack of self confidence, insecure |
| self-directed | directed by externals |
| self-disciplined | undisciplined, unrestrained, indulgent |
| self-esteem, high | self-esteem, confidence - low |
| self-reliant | dependent |
| serious | silly, trivial, petty |
| systematic | unsystematic, disorganized, disorderly, randoms |
| unpretentious | pretentious, affected, ostentatious |
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