Humble confidence
I was trying too hard and I knew it. I’d been unexpectedly introduced to someone I admire and I found myself humble bragging, just a little, to make a good impression. I name-dropped…twice. Ouch. I talked about my work with a little too much focus on myself rather than on those I am committed to serving through my work.?
I allowed the allure of a relationship that might benefit me to affect the way I showed up to the conversation. As long as I’ve done this work, and as much as I believe in and strive to practice the principles I talk about, I still screw it up sometimes.?
The Principle
Humility doesn’t only determine how we see and accept our fallibility. It also determines how we see and accept our strengths. We all have strengths and assets. It might be our title, our education, our experience or our access to resources.?
We don’t need to ignore or downplay these things. However, we would do well to practice humble confidence in relation to these things. Humble confidence allows us to acknowledge everything we have without ego. It allows to say, “Hey look at all I have. How can I share it to lift those around me?” instead of saying “Hey look at what I have and it’s all for me.”
When we practice humble confidence we gratefully acknowledge our strengths and spend more time talking about how we’ve been able to positively impact others with them than ourselves.?
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The Practice
Here are a couple of ideas to help you practice humble confidence:
Humble confidence helps us feel good about what we’ve done, while reminding us we haven’t done it by ourselves or for ourselves.?
Till next time,?
dm