On arrogance and humility in the rock tumbler of our publishing life
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On arrogance and humility in the rock tumbler of our publishing life
the Latin roots of humility means “from the earth.” It’s about being grounded—recognizing that we’re flawed and fallible.
Adam Grant • Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
“self-confidence becomes arrogance, assertiveness becomes obstinacy, and self-assurance becomes reckless abandon.” This is the ego, as the writer Cyril Connolly warned, that “sucks us down like the law of gravity.”
Ryan Holiday • Ego Is the Enemy
Humility is a weight off the shoulders. It feels freeing to drop the self sufficiency and having to know it all. To be judged, and know your place before God allows endurance without despair, pride, anger and so on.
Writer Ralph Marston on the power of confident humility :
“Whatever you’re doing, a sense of superiority will make you worse at it. Humility, on the other hand, will make you better. The moment you think you’ve got it all figured out, your progress stops. Instead, continue to advance and improve by reminding yourself how much more there will always... See more
“Whatever you’re doing, a sense of superiority will make you worse at it. Humility, on the other hand, will make you better. The moment you think you’ve got it all figured out, your progress stops. Instead, continue to advance and improve by reminding yourself how much more there will always... See more