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When I first wandered into the psychological research on humility a few years ago, I had no idea that I would end up on a quest to understand the psychological core of humble people. We know a great ...

When compared with traditional communities around the world, U.S. culture today is far from what one could call humble. Its institutions and practices tend to be cruel (Serwer, 2021) rather than ...

Jacob A. Brown, Thomas Byrne, C. K. Gunsalus and Nicholas C. Burbules explore the need for humility and other values in higher ed administration. During these times of economic instability and ...

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 ...

Being a religious leader means wearing many different hats. At times, their congregations expect them to convey passionate confidence—to be models of faith and strength. But wise leadership also means ...

A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece suggesting that the No. 1 trait CEOs need right now is humility. Tim Ryan, senior partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) U.S., argued that today’s leaders need to be ...

President Kevin J Worthen speaks to a BYU audience during the Jan. 4 devotional address. He encouraged students to focus on developing a 'backbone of humility.' (Decker Westenburg) President Kevin J ...

Ponder on the seven characteristics of good governance. The main characteristic of the seven is the Rule of Law; the remaining six are as follows: consensus oriented, accountability, transparency, ...

Do you ever find yourself mulling over your beliefs and opinions, thinking about why and how you came to hold a certain conviction, perhaps even questioning whether you might be wrong? Or maybe you ...

How can scientists across climate science, medical and psychological topics foster the public’s trust in them and their science? Show that they are intellectually humble. Those are some of the ...