Posts Tagged ‘humble’
Own The Issue
There are times when I have no one to blame for a mistake I made. I think that one of my first “go to” reactions is to look for someone to blame for something I did or did not do. It’s a lot cleaner and clearer to own the issue and deal with it rather…
Read MoreA Broken Leader
Leadership can be one of the most rewarding and fulfilling activities. It can also be incredibly frustrating and discouraging. The leader feels tremendous pressure to lead and when the followers don’t follow, it take a lot of extra work to get them back on track. Joshua and the people of Israel are coming off…
Read MoreFace Down
I read an article several days ago about how often we are on our smart phones and the article pointed out that we are walking through life face down. I will confess that I work from my phone a lot because it is such a powerful tool that is with me all the time…
Read MoreArrogant vs. Humble
I have never been a fan of arrogant people. I’m working from a definition of someone who has an exaggerated sense of his or her own importance or abilities. Humble is the exact opposite of arrogant. Humble is having a modest of low estimate of one’s own importance. A humble person has a certain attraction,…
Read MoreComplacent
This is not a positive attribute. In fact, the very definition is pretty telling. Complacent means: “showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one’s achievements”. I’ve known people who are like that – they are “full of themselves” and therefore they can’t think of anyone else. Smug and complacent people don’t have room for…
Read MoreBrought Down A Notch
I used to hear this phrase as a kid growing up and it was my Mom’s way of explaining that I was about to be humbled. She also used to say: “I was a bit too big for my britches”. This was another way of saying that she was the parent and that I was…
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