Not the words you would pick. The ones someone else has already said about your work, which are almost always the ones worth using.
Asked to describe yourself, almost everyone reaches for the same handful: hard working, organized, reliable, good with people. Those are not lies, they are just the words that come first for everyone, which is why they carry nothing. What separates you is usually a word somebody else used, often one you would never have picked because it did not feel like a compliment at the time.
Thirty words. Pick the ones a real person has actually used about your work.
Three is the limit on purpose. A list of eight qualities reads as no qualities at all.
Which of yours carry weight, which everyone claims, and the occasion you need behind each.
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Asked to describe yourself, almost everyone reaches for the same handful: hard working, organized, reliable, good with people. Those are not lies. They are just the words that come first, and they come first for everyone, which is exactly why they carry nothing.
What actually separates you is usually a word somebody else used about you, often in passing, often one you would never have picked for yourself because it did not feel like a compliment at the time.
So do not describe yourself. Recognize instead. Below are thirty words. Pick the ones a real person has actually used about your work, then cut to three.
Step one
Which of these has someone actually said about you?
A manager, a colleague, a client, a review. Not what you would like to be true, and not what you think you should pick. If you cannot remember someone saying it, leave it.
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