I answered this question along with a few others for Character Lab in a Tip of the Week: What is intellectual humility—and how is it different from just plain humility? Intellectual humility is about ...

Mark Twain apocryphally said, “I’m in favor of progress; it’s change I don’t like.” This quote pithily underscores the human tendency to desire growth while also harboring strong resistance to the ...

You have heard about the concept on the news and have no doubt seen it in print, prefaced with a hashtag: #CulturalHumility. But what exactly does it mean? Principles of cultural competence are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ‘Research shows that people with higher intellectual humility think more critically, and are less biased and less prone to ...

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less. - Rick Warren My colleagues and I have studied strengths of character for more than a decade (Park & Peterson, 2010; Peterson ...

Look up “humility” and the online dictionary says “The state or character of being humble; freedom from pride and arrogance; lowliness of mind; a low estimate of one's self; self-abasement.” Now look ...

Eranda Jayawickreme receives funding from the John Templeton Foundation (grant 62669). This article was produced with support from UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center and the John Templeton ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Martin Gutmann writes about leadership, technology, and history. (Original Caption) 6/9/1944-England- General Dwight D. Eisenhower ...