Thank you to trainer Chuck Nemer for this list.

An Ideal List—Character Traits to Develop for Work and Life
Do What’s Right
Deference:
- Ability to yield to the opinions or desires of another
Integrity:
- Having appearances and actions consistent with what you really are- “What you see is what you get.”
Reverence:
- Having a deep respect, tinged with awe, for life, nature, and property
Trustworthiness:
- Reliability in keeping promises and following through on commitments

Do Your Best
Cleanliness:
- Respect for one’s self and surroundings
Competence:
- Possession of the capabilities needed to do the job, and the effective performance of one’s responsibilities
Confidence:
- A belief in one’s own abilities to make a difference
Creativity:
- Using the instinctive ability that we all possess, to combine and recombine past experience in a way that results in new patterns, new configurations, or new arrangements that better serve some need
Diligence:
- Persevering and careful work
Motivation:
- An inner drive or impulse that causes one to act
Optimism:
- The tendency to take the most hopeful view of matters

Treat Others as You Would Like to be Treated
Enthusiasm:
- Lively interest; eagerness
Compassion:
- Demonstrating concern for others equal to one’s concern for oneself
Loyalty:
- The ability to be true to another beyond promises and commitments, based on your relationship
Openness:
- Being approachable
Patience:
- Perseverance and persistence
Respectfulness/Considerateness:
- The ability to withhold judgment until you can appreciate the uniqueness in each other