You know the type. In meetings with the boss, your co-worker is deferential and winsome, but back in the office he’s full of bluster and condescension for all around him. In public, he wears humility ...

Recognizing this limitation and the potential fallibility of even our most deeply held beliefs is core to the concept of intellectual humility. “It helps you overcome this very categorical, ...

“Always be humble and kind,” says the lyrics by Tim McGraw. Do you read this line and think being humble and kind means being a doormat? Does it connote ideas of putting everyone else first and never ...

Most people think “narcissism” is a stable characteristic or personality type. In popular conceptions, narcissists are excessively self-centered, self-absorbed, entitled, and willing to exploit others ...

How good are we at recognizing the limitations to our knowledge? Tenelle Porter, a former postdoctoral scholar in human development at UC Davis, studies the concept of intellectual humility. According ...

When I first wandered into the psychological research on humility a few years ago, I had no idea that I would end up on a quest to understand the psychological core of humble people. We know a great ...

The Torah states in Parshat Beha’aloscha, “The man Moshe was exceedingly humble, more than any other person on the face of the earth” (Bamidbar 12:3). What was Moshe’s reaction to this criticism from ...

Humility is not a virtue that comes naturally to politicians. After all, it takes an enormous amount of ego to believe that you are the person best suited to run the country and convince other people ...

In Judaism, there is a core and ancient teaching that we should strive to learn an important lesson from every experience in ...