13 Habits Of Humble People

Humble people can receive a bad rap. Humility is frequently associated with being
too passive, submissive or insecure, but this couldnt be any further from the
truth.

Instead, humble people are quite the oppositeconfident and competent in themselves
so much that, as a result, they seek to self-actualize by helping theirs. Humble
people are still self-efficacious; they just dont feel the impetus to boast about
themselves but instead, let their actions speak for their ideals. To be humble is
not to think less of oneself, but to think of oneself less.

To help identify what humble looks like (and how you can adopt greater humility for
yourself. After all, who doesn't need greater humility?), here are 13 habits of
humble people:

Theyre Situationally Aware

Situational awareness is a function of emotional intelligence as it is being aware

of oneself, the group, the actions of each and the social dynamics therein. As
such, situationally aware people aim their focus outward as they try to absorb
(i.e. learn) more about the situation

They Retain Relationships

Studies have shown that humble people are more likely to help friends than their
prideful counterparts. As a result, they maintain stronger personal and
professional relationships. A study of more than 1,000 peoplewith roughly 200 in
leadership positionsrevealed that companies with humble people in leadership
positions had a more engaged workforce and less employee turnover.

They Make Difficult Decisions With Ease

Since humble people put others needs before their own, when faced with difficult
decisions they respect the moral and ethical boundaries that govern the decision
and base their decision-making criteria off a sense of shared purpose rather than
self-interest.

They Put Others First

Humble people know their self-worth. As a result, they dont feel the need to cast
themselves before others just to show them how much they know. Instead, humble
people realize that nobody cares how much they know until those people know how
much they're cared for.

Humility is the true key to success. Successful people lose their way at times.
They often embrace and overindulge from the fruits of success. Humility halts this
arrogance and self-indulging trap. Humble people share the credit and wealth,
remaining focused and hungry to continue the journey of success.

- Rick Pitino (source)

They Listen

Theres nothing more annoying that being in a conversation with somebody who you
can just tell is dying to get his or her words in. When you see their mental gears
spinning, its a sign theyre not listening but rather waiting to speak. Why?
Because they believe that what they have to say is more valuable than listening to
you. In other words, they're placing their self-interest first.

Humble people, however, actively listen to others before summarizing the

conversation. Moreover, humble people dont try to dominate a conversation or talk
over people. Theyre eager to understand others because theyre curious. Speaking
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