[PakG1]

Humility is huge and almost nonexistent! I remember when I first did something hugely visible and couldn't handle it, felt like a total failure. But learned from it. It's funny how the best leaders I've ever seen or experienced also happen to be the most humble. Maybe that's why they become so good, because they're willing to acknowledge their imperfections and thus willing to learn.

[thetylerhayes]

"Maybe that's why they become so good, because they're willing to acknowledge their imperfections and thus willing to learn."

Motion seconded. Humility is often a component of self-assessment/reflection, and is a very important ingredient to the recipe of being successful, whether as a leader, as a person seeking happiness, or otherwise. Of course, this is also an incredibly difficult recipe to balance, and even more difficult to find already well-developed in a person.

Self-assessment is a wisdom most people, in my personal experience, don't have (both young and old alike). I'd rather have wisdom without conviction than conviction without wisdom. And I'd hope my employees and employers feel the same.