Humility is a quality of being humble and it allows people to be open to the possibility of making mistake, it’s also basic part of moral leadership. if you don’t have humility, you’re less likely to know the potential of errors or mistakes in your work or decisions.
Humble people are not only more polite and considerate, but they also have stronger self-control as they know what they are always doing. A humble person focuses on achieving personal goals and organizational targets. Humility makes people better learners and thinkers.
Some people may fear that showing humility can make them seem weak, lacking in confidence or decisiveness, or having an unwillingness to take risks. But humility is crucial to being a good, effective leader. here’s a look at why humility matters, how to identify workers with this critical trait and how to cultivate in your daily life.
The following are ways of cultivating humility in your life.
- Spend time listening to others
- Practice mindfulness, and focus on the present
- Be grateful for what you have
- Ask for help when you need it
- Seek feedback from others on regular basis
- Review your actions against the language of pride
- Admit you’re not the best
- Recognize your flaws
- Don’t brag
- Be more considerate
- Appreciate others
- Learn to put others first
- Accept all kind of feed back
- Make choice to act more humble
- practice one humble act each day
- forgive those who wrong you and move on without revenge
- teach all that you can for the benefits of others
- avoid explosives reactions and subside any aggression
- accept new ideas and change, not being stuck on what you knew before
- learn from and model the life most humble teachers in history (Jesus)
- recognize and know that you know a little and there is more of things to learn every time
- seek wisdom which is knowledge of what is true coupled with just judgement of actions
- Rate other people as first, be less significant
- Prioritize things in your life and rate your actions
- Share your core values and live them accordingly regardless of circumstances
- Ignore first impressions of people
- Give others benefit of the doubt
- Provide positive and encouragement feedback instead of criticism
- Know how to accept praise with simple thank you, don’t elaborate on it or talk more about it
- Recognize the individualism of others and yourself, there is no need to conform
Final thought
Humility is needed in all the aspects, individuals, organization, but the first step for organization that want to cultivate humility in their workforce is to agree that humility is a key characteristic of successful leadership.
