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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 83205" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080">How to be humble</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">"It's hard to be humble," says an old country </span><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Song" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">song,</span></a><span style="color: #000080"> "when you're </span><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Control-Perfectionism" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">perfect</span></a><span style="color: #000080"> in every way." Very few people, of course, actually think they're perfect in every way, but it can still be pretty hard to be humble, especially when you live in a society that encourages </span><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Eclipse-Your-Competition-at-a-Job-Interview" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">competition</span></a><span style="color: #000080"> and </span><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Express-Your-Individuality" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">individuality</span></a><span style="color: #000080">. Even in such a culture, however, humility is an important virtue. Learning to be humble is of paramount importance in most religions and </span><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Become-More-Spiritual" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">spiritual</span></a><span style="color: #000080"> traditions, and humility can also help you develop as a person and enjoy richer relationships with others.</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: #000080">Steps</span></strong></p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="color: #000080"><strong>Appreciate your talents.</strong> Being humble doesn't mean you can't feel good about yourself. </span><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Develop-Self-Esteem" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">Self-esteem</span></a><span style="color: #000080"> is not the same as pride. Both come from a recognition of your own talents and qualities, but pride--the kind of pride that leans toward arrogance--is rooted in insecurity about them. Think about the abilities you have and be thankful for them. </span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="color: #000080"><strong>Understand your limitations.</strong> No matter how talented you are, there is almost always somebody who can do something better than you can. Even if you are the best in the world at doing one thing, there are other things--important, worthwhile things--that you cannot do, and you may never be able to do some of these things. Add to this the fact that there are a great many things that no person can do, and you can get some idea of your limitations. Recognizing your limitations does not mean abandoning your dreams, and it doesn't mean giving up on learning new things or improving your existing abilities. It does mean coming to terms with the very real limits of your abilities. </span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="color: #000080"><strong>Recognize your own faults.</strong> We judge others because it's a lot easier than looking at our own faults. Unfortunately, it's also completely unproductive and, in many cases, harmful. Judging others causes strife in </span><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Improve-Your-Relationships" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">relationships</span></a><span style="color: #000080">, and it prevents new relationships from forming. Perhaps even worse, it prevents us from trying to improve ourselves. We make judgments about others all the time, and we often don't even realize it. As a practical exercise, try to catch yourself in the act of judging another person or group of people, and whenever you do, judge yourself instead and consider how you could improve yourself. </span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="color: #000080"><strong>Stop comparing.</strong> Why? Because, it's just about impossible to be humble when we're striving to be the "best" or trying to be "better" than others. Instead, try describing things more objectively. Rather than saying that so and so is the best guitarist ever, say what exactly it is that you appreciate about his skills, or simply say that you like his playing style. Let go of meaningless, simplistic comparisons, and you'll be able to enjoy doing things without worrying about whether you're better or worse at them than others. </span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="color: #000080"><strong>Appreciate the talents and qualities of others.</strong> Challenge yourself to look at others and appreciate the things they can do and, more generally, to appreciate people for who they are. Understand that everybody is different and relish the chance you have to experience different people. You will still have your personal tastes, your likes and dislikes, but train yourself to separate your opinions from your fears and you will </span><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Love-Others" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">appreciate others</span></a><span style="color: #000080"> more--you will be humbler. </span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="color: #000080"><strong>Don't be afraid to make mistakes.</strong> Never be afraid to admit that you made a mistake. Part of being humble is understanding that you will make </span><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Avoid-Repeating-the-Old-Same-Mistakes-All-over-Again" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">mistakes</span></a><span style="color: #000080">. Understand this, and understand that everyone else makes mistakes, and you will have a heavy burden lifted off of you. Why do we make mistakes? Because we don't know everything. Any one person can know only the smallest bits and pieces of the tremendous knowledge that has accumulated over the past. What's more, we experience only a sliver of the present, and we know nothing of the future. </span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="color: #000080"><strong>Don't be afraid to defer to others' judgment.</strong> It's easy to acknowledge that you make mistakes and that you're not always right. Somewhat more difficult however, is the ability to acknowledge that in many cases other people--even people who disagree with you--may be right. Deferring to your spouse's wishes, to a law you don't agree with, or even, sometimes, to your child's opinion takes your recognition of your limitations to a different level. Instead of simply <em>saying</em> that you know that you're fallible, you take action based on that fact. Of course, if you know that a particular course of action is wrong, you shouldn't follow it. On closer inspection, though, you may realize that you don't actually know this as often as you think you do. </span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="color: #000080"><strong>Rejuvenate your sense of wonder.</strong> Because we, as individuals, know practically nothing, you'd expect that we'd be awestruck more often than we typically are. Children have this sense of wonder, and it inspires the curiosity that makes them such keen observers and capable learners. Do you really know how your </span><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Clean-a-Microwave" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">microwave</span></a><span style="color: #000080"> works? Could you build one on your own? What about your </span><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Start-a-Car" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">car</span></a><span style="color: #000080">? Your </span><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Exercise-Your-Brain" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">brain</span></a><span style="color: #000080">? A </span><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Draw-a-Rose" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">rose</span></a><span style="color: #000080">? The jaded, "I've seen it all" attitude makes us feel far more important than we are. Be amazed like a child and you will not only be humbled; you will also be readier to learn. </span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="color: #000080"><strong>Seek guidance.</strong> Contemplate moral texts and proverbs about humility. </span><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Pray" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">Pray</span></a><span style="color: #000080"> for it, </span><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Meditate" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">meditate</span></a><span style="color: #000080"> on it, do whatever it takes to get your attention off yourself. If you're not into </span><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Become-More-Spiritual" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">spirituality</span></a><span style="color: #000080">, consider the </span><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Use-the-Scientific-Method" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">scientific method</span></a><span style="color: #000080"> or vipassana. </span><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Kids-Interested-in-Science-by-Crushing-a-Can-With-Air-Pressure" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">Science</span></a><span style="color: #000080"> requires humility. It requires that you let go of your preconceived notions and judgments and understand that you don't know as much as you think you do. </span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="color: #000080"><strong>Think about yourself under different circumstances.</strong> Much of what we give ourselves credit for should actually be credited to luck. Suppose you graduate from an </span><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Into-an-Ivy-League-School" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">Ivy League university</span></a><span style="color: #000080"> at the top of your class. You definitely deserve a lot of credit for the many hours of studying and for your perseverance. Consider though, that there may be somebody just as </span><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Be-Intelligent" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">intelligent</span></a><span style="color: #000080"> and hardworking as you who simply had different parents, grew up in a different place, or simply had the bad luck to make one wrong choice in life. That person - you, really - might be in </span><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Deal-With-Being-in-Prison" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">jail</span></a><span style="color: #000080"> now, or they might have been killed in a war or starved to death. Always remember that with a little bad luck yesterday, your whole life could be different today and, furthermore, that today could be the day your luck changes. </span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Volunteer" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">Help others.</span></a></strong><span style="color: #000080"> A big part of being humble is respecting others, and part of respecting others is helping them. Treat other people as equals and help them because it is the right thing to do. It's been said that when you can help others who cannot possibly help you in return, you have learned humility.</span></li> </ol><p><strong><span style="color: #000080">Tips</span></strong></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #000080">Keep in mind that being humble has many benefits. Humility can help you be more content with your life, and it can also help you endure bad times and improve your relationships with others. It's also essential to being an effective learner. If you think you know it all, you won't be open-minded enough to seek out new knowledge. Humility is also, somewhat counter-intuitively, an excellent tool for self-development in general. After all, if you feel superior, you have no incentive to improve. Most of all, being humble allows you to be honest with yourself. </span></li> </ul><p><strong><span style="color: #000080">Warnings</span></strong></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #000080">Pretending to be humble isn't the same as being humble, and often people who pretend to be humble do it in order to seek out praise. Other people will recognize this, and even if you fool some, you won't derive the same benefits as you would through actually developing humility. </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #000080">Similarly, don't confuse being humble with being sycophantic (being overly-praiseful of someone for your own profit). This is a common misconception, but the two attitudes are completely different.</span></li> </ul><p><span style="color: #000080">source: <a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Be-Humble" target="_blank">How to Be Humble - wikiHow</a></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
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Perhaps even worse, it prevents us from trying to improve ourselves. We make judgments about others all the time, and we often don't even realize it. As a practical exercise, try to catch yourself in the act of judging another person or group of people, and whenever you do, judge yourself instead and consider how you could improve yourself. [/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#000080][B]Stop comparing.[/B] Why? Because, it's just about impossible to be humble when we're striving to be the "best" or trying to be "better" than others. Instead, try describing things more objectively. Rather than saying that so and so is the best guitarist ever, say what exactly it is that you appreciate about his skills, or simply say that you like his playing style. Let go of meaningless, simplistic comparisons, and you'll be able to enjoy doing things without worrying about whether you're better or worse at them than others. 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Understand this, and understand that everyone else makes mistakes, and you will have a heavy burden lifted off of you. Why do we make mistakes? Because we don't know everything. Any one person can know only the smallest bits and pieces of the tremendous knowledge that has accumulated over the past. What's more, we experience only a sliver of the present, and we know nothing of the future. [/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#000080][B]Don't be afraid to defer to others' judgment.[/B] It's easy to acknowledge that you make mistakes and that you're not always right. Somewhat more difficult however, is the ability to acknowledge that in many cases other people--even people who disagree with you--may be right. Deferring to your spouse's wishes, to a law you don't agree with, or even, sometimes, to your child's opinion takes your recognition of your limitations to a different level. Instead of simply [I]saying[/I] that you know that you're fallible, you take action based on that fact. Of course, if you know that a particular course of action is wrong, you shouldn't follow it. On closer inspection, though, you may realize that you don't actually know this as often as you think you do. [/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#000080][B]Rejuvenate your sense of wonder.[/B] Because we, as individuals, know practically nothing, you'd expect that we'd be awestruck more often than we typically are. Children have this sense of wonder, and it inspires the curiosity that makes them such keen observers and capable learners. Do you really know how your [/COLOR][URL="http://www.wikihow.com/Clean-a-Microwave"][COLOR=#000080]microwave[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000080] works? Could you build one on your own? What about your [/COLOR][URL="http://www.wikihow.com/Start-a-Car"][COLOR=#000080]car[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000080]? Your [/COLOR][URL="http://www.wikihow.com/Exercise-Your-Brain"][COLOR=#000080]brain[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000080]? A [/COLOR][URL="http://www.wikihow.com/Draw-a-Rose"][COLOR=#000080]rose[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000080]? The jaded, "I've seen it all" attitude makes us feel far more important than we are. Be amazed like a child and you will not only be humbled; you will also be readier to learn. [/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#000080][B]Seek guidance.[/B] Contemplate moral texts and proverbs about humility. [/COLOR][URL="http://www.wikihow.com/Pray"][COLOR=#000080]Pray[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000080] for it, [/COLOR][URL="http://www.wikihow.com/Meditate"][COLOR=#000080]meditate[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000080] on it, do whatever it takes to get your attention off yourself. If you're not into [/COLOR][URL="http://www.wikihow.com/Become-More-Spiritual"][COLOR=#000080]spirituality[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000080], consider the [/COLOR][URL="http://www.wikihow.com/Use-the-Scientific-Method"][COLOR=#000080]scientific method[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000080] or vipassana. [/COLOR][URL="http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Kids-Interested-in-Science-by-Crushing-a-Can-With-Air-Pressure"][COLOR=#000080]Science[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000080] requires humility. It requires that you let go of your preconceived notions and judgments and understand that you don't know as much as you think you do. [/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#000080][B]Think about yourself under different circumstances.[/B] Much of what we give ourselves credit for should actually be credited to luck. Suppose you graduate from an [/COLOR][URL="http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Into-an-Ivy-League-School"][COLOR=#000080]Ivy League university[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000080] at the top of your class. You definitely deserve a lot of credit for the many hours of studying and for your perseverance. Consider though, that there may be somebody just as [/COLOR][URL="http://www.wikihow.com/Be-Intelligent"][COLOR=#000080]intelligent[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000080] and hardworking as you who simply had different parents, grew up in a different place, or simply had the bad luck to make one wrong choice in life. That person - you, really - might be in [/COLOR][URL="http://www.wikihow.com/Deal-With-Being-in-Prison"][COLOR=#000080]jail[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000080] now, or they might have been killed in a war or starved to death. Always remember that with a little bad luck yesterday, your whole life could be different today and, furthermore, that today could be the day your luck changes. [/COLOR] [*][B][URL="http://www.wikihow.com/Volunteer"][COLOR=#000080]Help others.[/COLOR][/URL][/B][COLOR=#000080] A big part of being humble is respecting others, and part of respecting others is helping them. Treat other people as equals and help them because it is the right thing to do. It's been said that when you can help others who cannot possibly help you in return, you have learned humility.[/COLOR] [/LIST] [B][COLOR=#000080]Tips[/COLOR][/B] [LIST] [*][COLOR=#000080]Keep in mind that being humble has many benefits. Humility can help you be more content with your life, and it can also help you endure bad times and improve your relationships with others. It's also essential to being an effective learner. If you think you know it all, you won't be open-minded enough to seek out new knowledge. Humility is also, somewhat counter-intuitively, an excellent tool for self-development in general. After all, if you feel superior, you have no incentive to improve. Most of all, being humble allows you to be honest with yourself. [/COLOR] [/LIST] [B][COLOR=#000080]Warnings[/COLOR][/B] [LIST] [*][COLOR=#000080]Pretending to be humble isn't the same as being humble, and often people who pretend to be humble do it in order to seek out praise. Other people will recognize this, and even if you fool some, you won't derive the same benefits as you would through actually developing humility. [/COLOR] [/LIST] [LIST] [*][COLOR=#000080]Similarly, don't confuse being humble with being sycophantic (being overly-praiseful of someone for your own profit). This is a common misconception, but the two attitudes are completely different.[/COLOR] [/LIST][COLOR=#000080]source: [URL="http://www.wikihow.com/Be-Humble"]How to Be Humble - wikiHow[/URL][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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