Intentions & Obstacles

Positive Character Traits:

Positive character traits are any character traits in a person that, one may argue, are overall “good” over the long term. Deep within all of us we want to be men and women of character. Underlying or not, we want our name to go hand in hand with the below positive character traits.

While it may be true that, as a whole, society doesn’t appear to outwardly value positive character traits as much as it used to, there is still endless personal value to be had in developing any number of the below common (and not-so-common) positive character traits, and the self-reliance that comes from possessing them.

When you define the way you want to act in this world, without the influence of any outside forces pushing you in one direction or another, you can be sure that the positive character traits you are developing will come to you, over time, for all the right reasons.

Here is the ultimate positive character traits list, alongside a brief definition of each. Select the traits that you think are your strengths.

Negative Character Traits

Negative character traits are any character traits in a person that, for the most part, we can all agree, are overall “bad” over the long term. While we may display some of the less cruel traits from time to time (cruelty in itself is one of the negative character traits listed below), we should want to avoid having any of the below traits seep into our character at any cost.

As with the list of positive character traits above, the negative character traits below represent the worst of the worst, save a couple of instances that have been highlighted.

Ensuring we do not develop these common (and not-so-common) traits is key to living a happy and fulfilling life.

Here is the ultimate negative character traits list, alongside a brief definition of each. Check off the ones that you need to work on

I put together this ultimate character traits list to make it easy for you to recognize these traits in yourself, in others, and to figure out how you should go about gaining more positive traits while losing some negative ones.