← Humility

Discover & understand · 1/3 · 5 min

What humility asks of us

Discover

Why is it so difficult to admit when we are wrong?

Understand

Humility is not low self-esteem. It is an accurate view of our own knowledge: confident where the evidence is strong, open where it is not.

Humble people can hold strong convictions and still say ‘I might be wrong about this part.’ That openness makes them easier to trust and easier to learn from.

The thread of responsibility

We are responsible for our assumptions. Humility is how we keep them honest.

Humility is at the heart of Cognitive Biases and Intellectual Humility, and it makes Grow Through Relationships possible.