Choose Humble Strength Over Arrogant Weakness
- Humility strengthens; arrogance weakens (even though it presents the illusion of strength).
- Humility learns; arrogance knows.
- Humble leaders submit to noble values and don’t bend. Arrogant leaders are governed by personal convenience and self-serving advantage.
- Humility listens; arrogance tells.
- Humility serves; arrogance leaves a trail of exploitation.
- Humble leaders pour into others. Arrogant leaders need you to pour into them.
- Humility opens hearts; arrogance builds walls.
- Humility pulls with; arrogance stands aloof.
- Humble leaders connect; arrogant leaders pull away.
- Humility gives rise to empathy; arrogance produces indifference.
- Humility seeks to understand; arrogance seeks to explain.
- Humility presses forward; arrogance has arrived.
- Humility trusts; arrogance doubts.
- Humility collaborates; arrogance isolates.
- Humility seeks feedback; arrogance rejects criticism.
- Humility promotes growth; arrogance offends potential.
Humble leaders ask:
- What can we learn?
- What could we do better?
- What causes others to flourish?
- What are my most useful contributions?
Necessity:
Skills are important for success, but humility is necessary. Choose a less skilled humble leader over a more skilled arrogant leader every time.
Arrogant leaders might succeed but they’re not successful.
Every leadership skill is made beautiful by humility.
The noble pursuit:
Humility is always pursued, never attained. Always practiced, never simply talked about.
Leadership is first about humility then about skills.
Which item(s) on the above list seem most relevant to you?
What’s a simple way a leader could practice humility today?
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