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…arrogance is a disease that can betray you into forgetting your real friends and why they’re so important.
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We become blinded by arrogance when we’re utterly convinced of our strengths and our strategies. We get paralyzed by doubt when we lack conviction in both.
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Arrogance leaves us blind to our weaknesses. Humility is a reflective lens: it helps us see them clearly. Confident humility is a corrective lens: it enables us to overcome those weaknesses.
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The best bosses dance on the edge of overconfidence, but a healthy dose of self-doubt and humility saves them from turning arrogant and pigheaded.
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Ignorance and arrogance are the artist and entrepreneur’s indispensable allies.
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When confidence and convictions are unleavened by humility, by an acceptance of fallibility, people can easily cross the line from healthy self-assurance to arrogance.
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The first great lesson is that of humility. No matter how good you are, when arrogance raises its ugly head, Mother Nature will put you back into your box.
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Success, money, and respect can lead to arrogance (just ask Icarus), so it is important to temper power with humility.
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There is often an underlying quiet confidence in those who display humility, and a loud insecurity in those who display arrogance.
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Being passionate about your business is one thing. Being arrogant about it is another. Failing to learn the difference is something no self-employed person could avoid.
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