Humility

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Humility


Question # 1 What does humility mean?


Humility is the quality of having a modest or low view of one’s importance.

https://www.google.ch/search?q=humility


Question # 2 What do humble people do?


Humble people think about themselves less.

https://hbr.org/2018/08/why-great-success-can-bring-out-the-worst-parts-of-our-personalities https://www.huffingtonpost.com/gadadhara-pandit-dasa/humility-in-leadership_b_6038318.html


Humble people tend to be forgiving, grateful and cooperative.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/ethics-everyone/201206/humility


Humble people tend to be more generous with both their time and their money.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/ethics-everyone/201206/humility


Humble people seek to shine light on all the other people that also came to help out.

Adapted from http://www.artofmanliness.com/2008/05/25/the-virtuous-life-humility/


Humble people are more helpful than less humble people.

https://medium.com/startup-grind/13-habits-of-humble-people-3f1e9a659267 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17439760.2011.626787


Humble people ask for help. Asking for help reinforces humility.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2017/08/09/the-paradox-of-leadership-displaying-humility-alongside-confidence/amp/


People, who are humble, believe in collective wisdom.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/15/opinion/sunday/the-quiet-power-of-humility.html


Humble people learn about who they are. This includes being honest with themselves, for example about their own abilities and values.

Adapted from http://www.artofmanliness.com/2008/05/25/the-virtuous-life-humility/


A humble person is aware of his or her limitations.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/ethics-everyone/201206/humility


Humble people see personal growth as a goal.

https://qz.com/781459/in-overvaluing-confidence-weve-forgotten-the-power-of-humility/


Question # 3 What are benefits of humility?


Humility has been linked with better academic performance,

job performance, and excellence in leadership.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/ethics-everyone/201206/humility


Research shows that humble management behaviour, for example

seeking feedback and focusing on the needs of others, results in higher engagement and commitment as well as better job performance.

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0001839213520131


The main condition for the achievement of love is to overcome one's narcissism. The opposite of narcissism is objectivity. To be objective is possible only by being humble. Seeing things and people objectively means to see things as

they are, i.e. not formed by one's desires and fears. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2451158545 Page 107.


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