A list of defects attributed to Clarence S. of Cleveland; his story, "The Home Brewmeister", appeared in the First Edition. The last surviving member of the First 100, he sponsored a fellow who wrote the book How It Worked - The Story of Clarence Snyder where Clarence explained how it worked in 1939:

STEP FIVE: The inventory is of our defects, not our incidents. Here are the defects:

1. Resentment, Anger;
2. Fear, Cowardice;
3. Self pity;
4. Self justification;
5. Self importance, Egotism;
6. Self condemnation, Guilt;
7. Lying, Evasiveness, Dishonesty;
8. Impatience;
9. Hate;
10. False pride, Phoniness, Denial;
11. Jealousy;
12. Envy;
13. Laziness;
14. Procrastination;
15. Insincerity;
16. Negative Thinking;
17. Immoral thinking;
18. Perfectionism, Intolerance;
19. Criticizing, Loose Talk, Gossip;
20. Greed;

Source: Barefoot Bob