Important leadership lesson: stay humble.

Jacob — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 04:53:51 +0000

Mary Peery, Retired Senior Vice President of Hewlett Packard, said this was the most important leadership lesson ever learned:

Stay humble. Humility keeps you open to learning from any one else. No on EVER has all the answers and if they think they do they’re not a good leader. Over time they will most likely fail and certainly do significant damage along the way.

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Humility does not mean low self esteem

Jacob — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 08:05:22 +0000

Sometimes I think that some LDS people try too hard to take upon themselves the attribute of humility. In attempting to be humble, they are fearful of saying anything that may put themselves in a positive light. It is sometimes taken further and the attempt to put themselves in a negative light.

Of course, saying, “I’m the smartest man in the world,” wouldn’t really be humble. But the opposite statement, “I’m the most stupid man in the world,” isn’t humble either. There is a big difference between not building ones self up, and putting ones self down.

I think I’ve been somewhat guilty of this in the past. It is difficult to be humble, and yet not be self degrading. It is important to remember who we are, children of our Heavenly Father, and realize that we are too important to think poorly of ourselves, but also at the same time, remaining humble in the grand scheme of things.

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Important leadership lesson: stay humble.

Humility does not mean low self esteem