humility
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Our brains make us naturally defensive, but there are steps we can take to cultivate more humility.
Some managers keep diaries of their on-the-job mistakes, partly to avoid repeating errors, and partly to make employees comfortable with failure. At least one added cartoons.
The “Smartest Person in the Room” Issue, Its Importance in Business & Especially in Startups As a startup founder or company CEO, you hear all the time, “You want to hire people ‘smarter than you’”, and you also hear, “Don’t be the smartest person in the room.” But what does this really mean and why
There are ways to figure out how aware you are of your own limitations—and to cultivate intellectual humility.