Meerkat’s Checklist of Personal Abilities

– Which ones describe you?

• Accurate: Careful, precise, free from error.
• Adaptable: Able to adapt oneself to new surroundings; to make suitable change so as to fit new conditions.
• Alert: Watchful, wide awake, ready to act.
• Ambitious: Full of ambition, strong desire “to do” something.
• Amiable: Feeling and inspiring friendliness; lovable.
• Analytical: Employing analytic methods; separating things into their parts of elements.
• Articulate: Able to express oneself clearly, do not mumble.
• Assertive: Insist on one’s rights or opinions.
• Attentive: To notice, pay attention to, careful attention.
• Broad-minded: Being tolerant or liberal in thought or opinion.
• Businesslike: Practical, systematic.
• Calm: Stillness, serenity, peaceful, undisturbed.
• Capable: Having the skills/ability or fitness for.
• Careful: Watchful, cautious, concerned for.
• Competent: Adequately qualified, ability.
• Confident: Trusting, fully assured, belief, trust in yourself.
• Conscientious: Good moral understanding of right and wrong.
• Consistent: Constant to same principles, not changing.
• Cooperative: Work well with others.
• Dedicated: Devoted to aims or vocation.
• Dependable: May be relied on.
• Determined: To do, resolve, on a course of action.
• Efficient: Competent, capable, able to get results.
• Energetic: Active, full of life, vigorous, an energetic worker.
• Enterprising: Strong interest, great eagerness.
• Flexible: Manageable, adaptable, versatile.
• Hardworking: Done with energy, industrious.
• Honest: Not lying, cheating or stealing, sincere.
• Independent: Ability to work on your own without being constantly supervised.
• Industrious: Hardworking, diligent.
• Innovative: Make changes, introduction of something new.
• Motivated: The inner reason for any act; as, hunger might be the motive for working.
• Optimistic: View that good prevails over evil.
• Organized: Place things in working order.
• Patient: Calm.
• People-oriented: Enjoy working/being with people.
• Persevering: Steadfast pursuit to an aim, refusal to give up; continued effort.
• Practical: Inclined or suited to useful action, rather that speculation.
• Productive: Tending to produce.
• Realistic: Practical views/policy, truth/detail, presenting people/scenes as they are.
• Reliable: Dependable.
• Resourceful: Ability to supply what is needed, quick wit.
• Responsible: Capable of rational conduct, trustworthy.
• Versatile: Turning easily or readily from occupation/job to another, changeable.

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