You self-assess

Pride

  • Pride is a feeling of pleasure or celebration related to your accomplishments or efforts.
  • It is a positive emotion, that has been tainted by religious language.

Hubris

  • Hubris is an inflated sense of your own innate ability.
  • It is related to the need for dominance than to actual accomplishments.

Humility

  • Humility is an openness to new learning combined with a balance and accurate assessment of your contributions, including your strengths, imperfections, and opportunities for growth.
  • It is not downplaying yourself or your accomplishment. This is modesty.
  • It is not low self-esteem, meekness, or letting people walk over you.

Humility allows us to admit when we are wrong — we realize that getting it right is more important than needing to ‘prove’ that we are right.

  • Humility is key to having grounded confidence and healthy relationships.

Intellectual Humility

  • Is a willingness to consider information that doesn’t fit with your current thinking.
  • You can demonstrate intellectual humility while still being confident and having strong convictions.
  • You may hold strong views, but you are open to hearing other point of views.